ABANDONED. Trying to find an Australian published book...

[Corinna]

I used to read a book in high school that was set in Australia in a kind of rehab/psych home for teenage girls. The main character has social anxiety and is very attached to her brother who has gone away as a professional skater. I remember that some of her friends had disorders like anorexia and there is a secondary character named Candy who is more "messed up" than they think and eventually throws herself off a cliff after a sleepover...

Any help is appreciated! I really want to reread this now that i'm older...!

[Jayme]

Faces In The Water?

[Corinna]

No :( I know it's set in Australia, maybe Sydney. But thanks very much for the help anyway

[Corinna]

Bump?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Neena, are you still looking for this book?

[bookel]

Anything by John Marsden?

[Josie]

I thought John Marsden too - is it Checkers?
Exerpt from Wikipedia: '....The novel also has many sub-plots which takes place in the psychiatric ward in real time. These sub-plots are mostly descriptions and backstories of the other teenagers in the ward, who all suffer from various types of mental defection. These characters include Daniel, who has Obsessive–compulsive disorder, Cindy, an emotionally damaged girl who self-injures and who tries to commit suicide towards the end of the book, Esther, a heavily medicated but honest and friendly "query psychotic" who believes there is an animal living inside her head, Ben, a boy with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oliver, an anorexic and Emine, a Turkish-Australian girl who was driven to mental breakdown by the pressure of strict, Turkish parents. Each character is given considerable text and attention, up until the final chapter when the last of them leave the ward and return to normal life, leaving only the unnamed narrator, who suggests she means never to leave.'

[Momo]

Came back to show you I could fly by Robin Klein perhaps.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Came Back To Show You I Could Fly for Momo's click

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

No response from Corinna for more than 2 years. Moving to Abandoned.