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Gaps, The
Leanne Hall
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-92233-048-2
Keywords: Australia, Art, Socioeconomic class, Ethnic diversity, Chinese-Australians, Grief, Guilt, Censorship
Biracial (Chinese Singaporean and white Australian) scholarship student Chloe and white queen bee Natalia forge a friendship that enables each to process complicated feelings after a classmate at their Melbourne school is kidnapped.