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'It's 1986 and Halley's Comet is hurtling towards Earth. Everyone is talking about what the comet will bring - wishes could be granted, people might go mad, great disasters could happen...
'When Andrew is asked to write down his greatest wish for the Comet Box, he can think of only one thing - that his runaway sister Amelia will finally come home. As the comet draws nearer he begins to learn the reasons why she left in the first place and the more he learns, the more he wants to forget.
'When Amelia is captured and brought home she reveals a shocking secret that makes Andrew's once safe world begin to unravel. As the comet arrives, Andrew must choose whether to be blind to the mistakes of the people around him or to side with his sister as she tears his family apart.' (From the publisher's website.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of The Comet Box 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 3 2011; (p. 49)
— Review of The Comet Box 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 26 no. 3 2011; (p. 43)
— Review of The Comet Box 2011 single work novel -
Living without Remembering
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 66-67)
— Review of The Dead I Know 2011 single work novel ; The Comet Box 2011 single work novel -
Kid's Lit
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 August 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of The Comet Box 2011 single work novel ; Black Painted Fingernails 2011 single work novel ; All I Ever Wanted 2011 single work novel ; Cargo 2011 single work novel
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May vol. 90 no. 8 2011; (p. 44)
— Review of The Comet Box 2011 single work novel -
Review : Young Adult
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 June 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of The Comet Box 2011 single work novel -
Variety with Thrills and Spice
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 July 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of A Pocketful of Eyes 2011 single work novel ; The Dead I Know 2011 single work novel ; The Comet Box 2011 single work novel -
Kid's Lit
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 August 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of The Comet Box 2011 single work novel ; Black Painted Fingernails 2011 single work novel ; All I Ever Wanted 2011 single work novel ; Cargo 2011 single work novel -
Living without Remembering
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 66-67)
— Review of The Dead I Know 2011 single work novel ; The Comet Box 2011 single work novel
Awards
- 2011 longlisted Inky Awards — Gold Inky
- Urban,
