Refuge

Published by Puffin 1998

Andrew is in year 9, obsessed with paleontology and hoping to develop his friendship with Kim. Anna, his sister, is at University, getting involved with causes and trying to draw Andrew in to assist her. The Church is developing a plan to hide asylum seekers from East Timor and Anna feels that their big house is just the place that no one will think to look · /p>

Review

'Refuge is beautifully written and engaging. It is no easy task to motivate compassion, as Gleeson illustrates, but in Refuge individual actions can and do make a difference.' Ingrid Fitzgerald, CBC Newsletter