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First known date: 2003 Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 The Circle
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y separately published work icon Dreamer Melaina Faranda , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2003 Z1049488 2003 single work novel young adult fantasy

'The bonds of friendship. The possibilities of magic. The power of intuition. First the missing assignment, then the broken angel, and now the accident. Bad luck comes in threes, but Tara never suspected the third thing would be as horrendous as this ... When Troy Daniels, the guy Tara likes from school, is critically injured in a car crash, Tara needs help from her friends in the Circle. While Troy struggles for life, the girls draw on all their magic to try to turn the bad luck around. But when Tara's dreams start to become more real than waking life, she is forced to undertake a dangerous quest in the eerie realm of Gamova. Who is the imprisoned prince? How are Tara's dreams connected to Troy Daniels? And why is she too afraid to share them with the Circle? One thing becomes clear - to save the prince, Tara needs to understand a lot more about Troy's mysterious life ... ' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Gift Melaina Faranda , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2003 Z1136131 2003 single work novel young adult fantasy

'A strange hill. A hidden room. A book of spells. A gorgeous guy she cannot trust. When Jess travels to Glastonbury, she learns the secret her mother has been desperate to keep. But it doesn't end there. Someone is using dark magic to kill her grandmother. It is time for Jess to accept the power of the Gift...' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Princess Melaina Faranda , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2004 Z1136128 2004 single work novel young adult fantasy

'Ella sees herself as ugly and overweight, because that is what her shallow step-sisters tell her she is. She spends more and more time in front of the sinister mirror her step-mother gave her, its dark image giving her a distorted image of herself. Cruel teasing by a young guy triggers Ella into episodes of overeating and bulimia, and she becomes dangerously thin. Can Ella's friends in the Circle find a way to help? Or has Ella become so obsessed with her mirror world that she can no longer distinguish her true self from a false reflection?

'PRINCESS is a multi-layered retelling of the classic Cinderella tale of transformation, exploring issues of adolescent self-image, the beauty myth and the power of friendship.'

(Publication summary)

Works about this Work

A Connection with the Natural World Rosemary Fitzgerald , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 2005; (p. 8)
Wonderworlds Karen Brooks , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 254 2003; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Wolfchild Rosanne Hawke , 2003 single work novel ; Rowan of the Bukshah Emily Rodda , 2003 single work children's fiction ; Gil's Quest Damian Morgan , 2003 single work children's fiction ; The Revognase Lucy Sussex , 2003 single work children's fiction ; The Circle Melaina Faranda , 2003 series - author ; Dreamer Melaina Faranda , 2003 single work novel
Wonderworlds Karen Brooks , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 254 2003; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Wolfchild Rosanne Hawke , 2003 single work novel ; Rowan of the Bukshah Emily Rodda , 2003 single work children's fiction ; Gil's Quest Damian Morgan , 2003 single work children's fiction ; The Revognase Lucy Sussex , 2003 single work children's fiction ; The Circle Melaina Faranda , 2003 series - author ; Dreamer Melaina Faranda , 2003 single work novel
A Connection with the Natural World Rosemary Fitzgerald , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 2005; (p. 8)
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