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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl
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'Seventeen-year-old Alba is an aspiring comic-book artist, pastry enthusiast and eternal optimist. She thinks life in her tiny town is awesome (if predictable) and she never wants it to change.

'Unfortunately Alba's just finished year 12 – so the only thing she can predict is that everything's going to change.

'Even so, Alba didn't see the end of the world coming. Apart from a questionable television psychic, no-one did. And for some reason, the world seems to be taking this guy seriously.

'As the tiny town is besieged by doomsday enthusiasts, Alba's life is thrown into chaos. The childhood friend she thought was gone forever unexpectedly reappears; the boy who has been her best friend forever is determined to leave; and even her latest comic book creation, Cinnamon Girl, is out of control.

'It could be the very last summer of Alba's life, but impending Armageddon might turn out to be the least of her problems.* Alba is about to discover that when it comes to her heart, there may not be infinite time to get things right…' (Publication summary)

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  • Preppers and Survivalism in the AustLit Database

    This work has been affiliated with the Preppers and Survivalism project due to its relationship to either prepping or prepper-inflected survivalism more generally, and contains one or more of the following:

    1. A strong belief in some imminent threat
    2. Taking active steps to prepare for that perceived threat

    • A range of activities not necessarily associated with ‘prepping’ take on new significance, when they are undertaken with the express purpose of preparing for and/or surviving perceived threats, e.g., gardening, abseiling.
    • The plausibility of the threat, and the relative “reasonable-ness” of the response, don’t affect this definition. E.g., if someone is worried about climate change and climate disasters, and they respond by moving from a riverbank location in Cairns, or to a highland region of New Zealand, this makes them a prepper. If someone else is worried about brainwashing rays from outer space, and they respond by making a tinfoil hat, that makes them a prepper. 

    3. A character or characters (or text) who self-identify as a ‘prepper’, or some synonymous/modified term: ‘financial preppers’, ‘weekend preppers’, ‘fitness preppers’, etc.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Stripes ,
      2016 .
      image of person or book cover 5169382329363311096.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 369p.
      ISBN: 9781847156839
    • Atlanta, Georgia,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Peachtree Publishers ,
      2016 .
      image of person or book cover 4279322472093992792.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 1vp.
      ISBN: 9781561459056
Alternative title: Hinter dem Ende der Welt gleich links
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      cbt ,
      2015 .
      image of person or book cover 269272485702226272.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9783641161347, 3641161347

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Works about this Work

A Series of Fortunate Readers : A Collaborative Review Article of Important Australasian YA Writing Jessica Seymour , Denise Beckton , Eugen Bacon , Donna Lee Brien , Gyps Curmi , Maree Kimberley , Jodi McAlister , Catriona Mills , Shivaun Plozza , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : Special Issue Website Series , October no. 32 2015;

— Review of Hitler's Daughter Jackie French , 1999 single work children's fiction ; The Book Thief Markus Zusak , 2005 single work novel ; Jasper Jones Craig Silvey , 2009 single work novel ; Tribe Ambelin Kwaymullina , 2012- series - author novel ; The Obernewtyn Chronicles Isobelle Carmody , 1987 series - author novel ; Waiting for the End of the World Lee Harding , 1983 single work novel ; On the Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta , 2006 single work novel ; The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel
Young Adult Fiction Joy Lawn , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 January 2015; (p. 17)

— Review of Paper Planes Allayne L. Webster , 2014 single work children's fiction ; The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel ; Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
Review : The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl Nean McKenzie , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2014;

— Review of The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel
Review : The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl Meg Whelan , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 1 2014; (p. 15)

— Review of The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel
What I’m Reading Lily Stojcevski , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2014;
Review : The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl Meg Whelan , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , vol. 94 no. 1 2014; (p. 15)

— Review of The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel
Young Adult Fiction Joy Lawn , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 January 2015; (p. 17)

— Review of Paper Planes Allayne L. Webster , 2014 single work children's fiction ; The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel ; Nona & Me Clare Atkins , 2014 single work children's fiction
Review : The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl Nean McKenzie , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2014;

— Review of The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel
A Series of Fortunate Readers : A Collaborative Review Article of Important Australasian YA Writing Jessica Seymour , Denise Beckton , Eugen Bacon , Donna Lee Brien , Gyps Curmi , Maree Kimberley , Jodi McAlister , Catriona Mills , Shivaun Plozza , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : Special Issue Website Series , October no. 32 2015;

— Review of Hitler's Daughter Jackie French , 1999 single work children's fiction ; The Book Thief Markus Zusak , 2005 single work novel ; Jasper Jones Craig Silvey , 2009 single work novel ; Tribe Ambelin Kwaymullina , 2012- series - author novel ; The Obernewtyn Chronicles Isobelle Carmody , 1987 series - author novel ; Waiting for the End of the World Lee Harding , 1983 single work novel ; On the Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta , 2006 single work novel ; The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil , 2014 single work novel
What I’m Reading Lily Stojcevski , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2014;
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