Title: The midnight dress
Description: Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival while a mystery unfolds around them.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Juvenile fiction, Sewing, Single-parent families, Fiction, Schools, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Friendship, Alcoholism, Mystery and detective stories
Places: Australia