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Article: Murray, Kirsty. Walking home with Marie-Claire.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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MURRAY, Kirsty. Walking home with Marie-Claire. Allen & Unwin. 191p. c2002. 1-86508-546-4. $795. J
From the day Margaret Tierney walks into Class 6B at Wellington Street Primary, Pauline McArdle admires her moxie. If Margaret can be Marie-Claire, why shouldn't Pauline become PJ, a new identity for a new friendship. "It was so different being friends with Marie-Claire. She wasn't like anyone PJ had ever known before. She made PJ feel like anything could happen, as if life was something that you just invented as you went along and none of the old rules mattered. It was scary and exciting in the same instant." But why doesn't Marie-Claire ever invite PJ home to meet ...