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Nunn, Malla.

When the ground is hard - 257 pages ; 22 cm

At Swaziland's Keziah Christian Academy, where the wealth and color of one's father determines one's station, once-popular Adele bonds with poor Lottie over a book and a series of disasters. Swaziland. Adele Joubert is one of the popular girls at Keziah Christian Academy... until Delia dumps her for a new girl with more money. Forced to share a room with Lottie, the school pariah, the two eventually bond over a copy of Jane Eyre. Together they take on bullies and protect each other from the vindictive and prejudiced teachers. Then a boy goes missing on campus and Adele and Lottie must rely on each other to solve the mystery... and maybe learn the true meaning of friendship. -- adapted from jacket

ISBN: 9780525515579 0525515577

LCCN: 2018040602

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Books and reading--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Boarding school students--Fiction.
Young Adult Fiction.
Racially mixed people--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Boarding schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Popularity--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Eswatini--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Young adult fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.1.N86 / Whe 2019

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]