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Fensham, Elizabeth.
HELICOPTER MAN
New York : Bloomsbury, 2005.
IL YA
ISBN 1582349819
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Peter and his dad are on the run.  They don't dare go out too much or get to know many people.  Now they are living in an unused shed and not going out if the helicopters are near.  It wasn't always like this.  Peter used to live a fairly normal life.  He lived in a nice house with his mom and dad.  But then his mom died and he and dad went into hiding.  Peter longs for a stable life but he has to stay with dad.  But as time goes on, Peter begins to wonder about what they are hiding from.  Who is in the helicopters and why do they need to hide?
SUBJECTS:     Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
                        Mental illness -- Fiction.
                        Homelessness -- Fiction.
                        Australia -- Fiction.

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