The Ones That Disappeared by Zana Fraillon, tells the story of three children who are victims of human trafficking, searching for freedom and hope. Esra, Miran and Isa work for the Snakeskin gang, tending to plants in the dark and airless basement of a house they are not allowed to leave. Although they’ve been told that they belong to the Snakeskins, Esra knows that she belongs to no one and is determined to find freedom. Zana Fraillon is the 2017 ABIA – winner for The Bone Sparrow.

Author, Zana Fraillon, is my guest today.

The Ones That Disappeared: Published by Lothian Children’s Books

Paperback and Ebook available

More info: hachette.com.au

Author, Libby Hathorn, who has just published her 100^th title, is an award-winning author of books for children and young people, as well as for adults. Translated into several languages and adapted for stage and screen, her work has won honours in Australia, and internationally including the United States, Great Britain and Holland. She was the winner of the Alice Award, a National award for ‘a woman who has made a distinguished and long-term contribution to Australian literature’, in 2014. Libby was National Ambassador for the National Year of Reading in Australia in 2012, and is an Australia Day Ambassador each year.