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'A spine-tingling and heart-warming story about friendship and finding your special place in the world.
'Gus doesn't want to make friends. She also doesn't want to be intrigued by the cat-lady teacher at her new school, or the Riley's Comet project that she and her seaweed-eating science partner are working on together.
'And she definitely doesn't want to fall in love with her job as the projectionist at the Starlight, a drive-in movie theatre that her family is reviving.
'Because, knowing Gus's luck, she and her family could be moving on in a day, or a week, or a month. When the ghosts that haunt Mum catch up with them. Or if the Starlight doesn't succeed.
'Then she'll have to say goodbye. Again.' (Publication summary)
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- Sound recording.
- Dyslexic edition.
Awards
- 2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Children's Novel
- 2023 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children’s Fiction Book designed by Jessica Cruickshank.
- 2022 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division
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