The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong
No. of pages 272
Published: 2007
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This book is part of a book series called Children Of the Wind .
This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.
There are 272 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2007 by Allen & Unwin .
Kirsty Murray has worked as an author, editor, painter, archivist. This is her first book for children.
This book is in the following series:
'a wonderful book for the early teens (particularly girls)...I highly recommend it as a great read.'Reading Time, Vol 51 No 1'Delightful. But you may need a box of tissues!'Mania, November 2006'The central character of Maeve is beautifully rendered, and her journey of discovery to establish her identity and accept her Irish/Chinese heritage an affecting one...her family and friends, too, are realistically flawed and all too human. In general, there is a grand sweep to the novel and, indeed, the whole quartet.'Magpies4, September 2006
