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Name: Checkers
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: John Marsden

Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father's unethical business dealings.

First publish date: 1996

Authors: John Marsden

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