Book description
Who is the girl in the red cardigan? Sometimes Evie sees things that
other people don t. She s wary of the other kids at school, of what
they might see in her drawings, or of what they would say if they knew
she was different. So most of the time she blocks it all out and
pretends she s just like everyone else. But a missing girl is trying to
tell Evie something. A girl who is very persistent, who will not give up
until she is found. A girl who once wore the red cardigan Evie now
wears. And Evie can no longer ignore the question that needs an answer Â
Who is the girl in the red cardigan? J. C. Burke was born in Sydney in
1965, the fourth of five sisters. With writers for parents, she grew up
in a world of noise, drama and books, but she decided to become a nurse
after her mother lost a long battle with cancer. Since Burke started
writing in 1999, she has published a number of acclaimed books for
teenagers and young adults, including Children's Book Council Notable
Books White Lies and The Red Cardigan, Aurealis Awards finalist Nine
Letters Long, The Story of Tom Brennan, Faking Sweet, Starfish Sisters,
Ocean Pearl and Pig Boy. The Story of Tom Brennan won the 2006 CBC Book
of the Year - Older Readers and the 2006 Australian Family Therapists
Award for Children's Literature. It is currently on the NSW HSC syllabus
list. Jane lives in Sydney with her family.
