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'I have questions I’ve never asked. Worries I’ve never shared. Thoughts that circle and collide and die screaming because they never make it outside my head. Stuff like that, if you let it go—it’s a survival risk.
'Sixteen-year-old Nate McKee is doing his best to be invisible. He’s worried about a lot of things—how his dad treats Nance and his twin half-brothers; the hydro crop in his bedroom; his reckless friend, Merrick.
'Nate hangs out at the local youth centre and fills his notebooks with things he can’t say. But when some of his pages are stolen, and his words are graffitied at the centre, Nate realises he has allies. He might be able to make a difference, change his life, and claim his future. Or can he?
'This is How We Change the Ending is raw and real, funny and heartbreaking—a story about what it takes to fight back when you’re not a hero.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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READing & VIEWing
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 56 no. 2 2021; (p. 60-66) -
Truths and Arrows of YA
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 79 no. 3 2020;
— Review of This is How We Change the Ending 2019 single work novel -
Teen Heroes and Villains
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28 December 2019; (p. 16)
— Review of This is How We Change the Ending 2019 single work novel ; Ghost Bird 2019 single work novel'Many young people would love to have a superpower, although few would view themselves as superheroes or even as everyday heroes. They may in fact see themselves as antiheroes due to lack of confidence or difficult life experiences. The novels under review here suggest young adults may be able to draw on powers from within themselves, their family, friends and community to create identity and perhaps even help save their corner of the world.' (Introduction)
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Is Blood Everything? Four New Young Adult Novels
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 417 2019; (p. 54-55)
— Review of My Father's Shadow 2019 single work novel ; This is How We Change the Ending 2019 single work novel ; It Sounded Better in My Head 2019 single work novel ; The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling 2019 single work novel 'A whistleblower’s child hides from a drug ring in the Blue Mountains. A sixteen-year-old rolls through life like an armadillo. A Melbourne high-school graduate wrestles with her insecurities. The daughter of a Chinese restaurateur juggles her responsibility to care for her siblings as her mother’s health deteriorates.' (Introduction)
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Is Blood Everything? Four New Young Adult Novels
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 417 2019; (p. 54-55)
— Review of My Father's Shadow 2019 single work novel ; This is How We Change the Ending 2019 single work novel ; It Sounded Better in My Head 2019 single work novel ; The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling 2019 single work novel 'A whistleblower’s child hides from a drug ring in the Blue Mountains. A sixteen-year-old rolls through life like an armadillo. A Melbourne high-school graduate wrestles with her insecurities. The daughter of a Chinese restaurateur juggles her responsibility to care for her siblings as her mother’s health deteriorates.' (Introduction) -
Teen Heroes and Villains
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28 December 2019; (p. 16)
— Review of This is How We Change the Ending 2019 single work novel ; Ghost Bird 2019 single work novel'Many young people would love to have a superpower, although few would view themselves as superheroes or even as everyday heroes. They may in fact see themselves as antiheroes due to lack of confidence or difficult life experiences. The novels under review here suggest young adults may be able to draw on powers from within themselves, their family, friends and community to create identity and perhaps even help save their corner of the world.' (Introduction)
-
Truths and Arrows of YA
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 79 no. 3 2020;
— Review of This is How We Change the Ending 2019 single work novel -
READing & VIEWing
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 56 no. 2 2021; (p. 60-66)
Awards
- 2022 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards — Young Adult Fiction
- 2022 IBBY Honour Diploma — Writing
- 2020 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2020 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
- 2020 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
