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'A novel about love and the things you can and can't change, from the winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for young adult fiction, Sue Saliba.
'Nella closed her hand in the pocket of her dress, and she felt the feather against her fingers. 'I want to tell you something,' she said, and it did not matter that there was no reply. 'I want to tell you that he's coming home. . . and it's going to be like it was before he went away, before everything broke apart.'
'Nella waits for the swallows by the creek each spring. It's a secret vigil she's followed ever since her father left.
'This year she's going to take him with her . . . but can we ever return to the way things were?' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Girls, Disrupted : Three New Young Adult Novels
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 67)
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel ; A Small Madness 2015 single work novel ; For the Forest of a Bird 2015 single work children's fiction -
Review : For the Forest of a Bird
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2015;
— Review of For the Forest of a Bird 2015 single work children's fiction
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Review : For the Forest of a Bird
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2015;
— Review of For the Forest of a Bird 2015 single work children's fiction -
Girls, Disrupted : Three New Young Adult Novels
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 67)
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel ; A Small Madness 2015 single work novel ; For the Forest of a Bird 2015 single work children's fiction
Awards
- 2016 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2016 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Young Adult Book designed by Allison Colpoys.
- 2015 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Writing for Young Adults
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