Hayley Chewins grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, in a house full of books. She studied classical voice at university before switching to English literature. A published poet, she holds a master's degree in writing for young people from Bath Spa University, in England. The Turnaway Girls is her first novel. Hayley Chewins lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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A propulsive YA novel in verse that blends the contemporary magic of Jandy Nelson with the simmering feminist rage of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout As far back as anyone can remember, the women of the Strand family have been magical. Their g... SEE MORE