Heartsong of Wonder Quinn, The Australian poignancy and sheer desperation of

poignancy and sheer desperation of their lives is seen through the children's own eyes as they struggle to make sense of a world where they have been told to forget their families

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The friendship between an Aboriginal boy and a white girl raises issues of race in a touching story of two families who seem to have nothing in common

Heartsong of Wonder Quinn, The Australian poignancy and sheer desperation ofWonder Quinn is a lonely orphan who lives in the attic of Direleafe Hall with only a gloomy crow for company. Every year she watches the other girls return to school, hoping to find a friend among them. And every year her heart breaks when she doesn't. So when a fiery new girl befriends her in class, Wonder's dreams seem to be coming true. Mabel Clattersham is outspoken, kind and, most importantly, unafraid of the awful Georgiana Kinch. But as the