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'"I remember when we lay together for the first time and I closed my eyes and felt the crackle of her dark hair between my fingers. She was all warmth and sparking light. When I was with her, my skin sighed that the centre of the world was precisely here."
'Anna is afraid she must be unlovable - until she meets Flynn. Together, the girls swim, eat banana cake, laugh and love. Some days Flynn is unreachable; other days she's at Anna's door - but when Anna discovers Flynn's secret, she wonders if she knows her at all.
'A beautifully crafted novel by award-winning author Joanne Horniman that explores the tension between the tender moments that pull people together and the secrets that push them apart.' (From the publisher's website.)
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The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2011 : Book of the Year : Older Readers - Short List Books
2011
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 8)
— Review of About a Girl 2010 single work novel ; Six Impossible Things 2010 single work novel ; The Piper's Son 2010 single work novel -
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 55 no. 1 2011; (p. 34) -
Judged By More than Their Covers
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51) -
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2010
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 18 no. 2 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of About a Girl 2010 single work novel -
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2010
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 54)
— Review of About a Girl 2010 single work novel
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2009-2010 vol. 89 no. 5 2009; (p. 41)
— Review of About a Girl 2010 single work novel -
Under Age
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 February 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Night School 2009 single work picture book ; About a Girl 2010 single work novel -
Fiction
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 20 February 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of About a Girl 2010 single work novel -
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2010
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 February 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of About a Girl 2010 single work novel -
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2010
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 25 no. 1 2010; (p. 40)
— Review of About a Girl 2010 single work novel -
Judged By More than Their Covers
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51) -
Untitled
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 55 no. 1 2011; (p. 34)
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2011 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
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- Lismore, Lismore - Goonellabah, Lismore area, Far Northeast NSW, New South Wales,
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
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