When the Ground Is Hard

by Malla Nunn

Book Overview

Edgar Award nominee stuns in this heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school where two girls of different castes bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre.

Adele Joubert loves being one of the popular girls at Keziah Christian Academy. She knows the upcoming semester at school is going to be great with her best friend Delia at her side. Then Delia dumps her for a new girl with more money, and Adele is forced to share a room...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525515577
• ISBN13: 9780525515579
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher