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Anna Whateley is a Brisbane based writer. She has worked in literature and education, and holds a PhD in young adult fiction from Queensland University of Technology.

Her debut novel Peta Lyre's Rating Normal was released in 2020, and an autobiographical account was published in Growing up Disabled in Australia in 2020.

'Anna is an 'own voices' author, proudly autistic, with ADHD and sensory processing disorder.'

Source: Allen and Unwin.

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y separately published work icon Peta Lyre's Rating Normal Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18498571 2020 single work novel young adult

'At sixteen, neurodivergent Peta Lyre is the success story of social training. That is, until she finds herself on a school ski trip - and falling in love with the new girl. Peta will need to decide which rules to keep, and which rules to break…

'I'm Peta Lyre,' I mumble. Look people in the eye if you can, at least when you greet them. I try, but it's hard when she is smiling so big, and leaning in.

'Peta Lyre is far from typical. The world she lives in isn't designed for the way her mind works, but when she follows her therapist's rules for 'normal' behaviour, she can almost fit in without attracting attention.

'When a new girl, Sam, starts at school, Peta's carefully structured routines start to crack. But on the school ski trip, with romance blooming and a newfound confidence, she starts to wonder if maybe she can have a normal life after all.

'When things fall apart, Peta must decide whether all the old rules still matter. Does she want a life less ordinary, or should she keep her rating normal?

'A moving and joyful own voices debut.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Older Readers
2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
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