Book description
Larceny Leyton is a wild child - tough, smart, willful and proud. Like
so many others, she wears her attitude like armour.'Trust' isn't a word
in Larceny's dictionary. It means opening up and taking the risk that
you'll be hurt. Truth and dare. Nobody gets close enough to earn her
trust. Larceny makes sure of that. Yet deep down, she's afraid of the
voices that bring with them a wild consuming rage, a killing rage that
drove her to the streets in the first place. She's afraid of being
betrayed by the only person she's been able to trust - herself.
Margaret Clark is one of Australia's most popular writers for young
people. She has worked as a teacher and university lecturer and at the
Geelong Centre for Alcohol and Drug Dependency. Her novels for older
readers include THE BIG CHOCOLATE BAR, FAT CHANCE, HOT OR WHAT, KISS AND
MAKE UP, FAMOUS FOR FIVE MINUTES and a trilogy about the Studley family:
HOLD MY HAND OR ELSE!, LIVING WITH LEANNE and PULLING THE MOVES. BACK ON
TRACK: DIARY OF A STREET KID, NO STANDING ZONE, CARE FACTOR ZERO, and
BAD GIRL, four searing novels for young adults, have become bestsellers.
Most recently her SECRET GIRLSÂ STUFF, MORE SECRET GIRLSÂ STUFF, and
WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE SUCKS have been hits with her many fans. Her most
recent titles FRIENDS FOREVER: A SECRET DIARY BY SARA SWAN (November
2005), SECRET FRIENDS' STUFF (2006) and TROUBLE ON TUESDAYS are current
bestsellers. Margaret is a Doctor of Education and travels broadly
speaking about her writing. Her books are published in 16 countries.
