Rabbit ears

By Maggie De Vries

Subjects: Missing persons, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Problem youth, Adopted children, Magicians, Orphans, Sisters

Description: Kaya, who is adopted and multiracial, has just been released from a Youth Detention Centre and is carrying a painful secret: she was sexually abused by a neighbour for years. Kaya keeps away, repeatedly disappearing into a life of sex work and addiction. Meanwhile, her sister, Beth, uses food and a rediscovered love of magic tricks to escape her own troubles. Though both girls struggle through darkness and pain, they eventually find their way towards a moment of illumination and healing.