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1 2 y separately published work icon Take Three Girls Cath Crowley , Simmone Howell , Fiona Wood , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2017 11545468 2017 single work novel young adult

'Kate, a quiet boarder, making some risky choices to pursue the experimental music she loves.

'Clem, shrugging off her old swim-team persona, exploring her first sexual relationship, and trying to keep her annoying twin, Iris, at arm's length.

'Ady, grappling with a chaotic family, and wondering who her real friends are; she's not the confident A-lister she appears to be.

'When St Hilda's establishes a Year 10 Wellness Program in response to the era of cyber-bullying, the three girls are thrown together and an unlikely friendship is sparked. One thing they have in common: each is targeted by PSST, a site devoted to gossip and slander that must have a source within St Hilda's.

Who can you trust when rumour is the new truth?' (Publication Summary)
20 6 y separately published work icon Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2016 9927315 2016 single work novel romance young adult

'Second-hand bookshops are full of mysteries

'This is a love story.

'It's the story of Howling Books, where readers write letters to strangers, to lovers, to poets, to words.

'It's the story of Henry Jones and Rachel Sweetie. They were best friends once, before Rachel moved to the sea.

'Now, she's back, working at the bookstore, grieving for her brother Cal. She's looking for the future in the books people love, and the words that they leave behind.

'Sometimes you need the poets

'The new novel from the award-winning author of Graffiti Moon.' (Publication summary)
1 In Folded Arms Cath Crowley , 2016 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Book That Made Me 2016;
1 The Lives of Secondhand Books Cath Crowley , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2016; (p. 18-19) '‘Books, like lovers or friends, mark and change us. And we, in turn, mark and change them.’ Melbourne novelist CATH CROWLEY writes about her longtime love of secondhand bookshops, and how the histories she found and imagined there led her to write Words in Deep Blue.'
1 A Letter to a Lost Friend Cath Crowley , 2013 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Just Between Us : Australian Women Writers Tell the Truth About Female Friendship 2013; (p. 87-92)
1 1 y separately published work icon Rosie Staples' Minor Magical Misunderstanding Cath Crowley , Camberwell : Puffin , 2010 Z1751639 2010 single work children's fiction children's Rosie Staples is determined that this year she will win the lead in this year's school play, but she needs some very serious magic if she is to defeat Maddison Diamond. Maddison is the teachers' pet and she always gets the lead, while Rosie has to put up with short, funny roles. So Rosie, who loves tricks and magic, saves her money and buys The Sooner it Happens the Better Magical Wishing Stone from the magic shop (Libraries Australia).
14 10 y separately published work icon Graffiti Moon Cath Crowley , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2010 Z1720738 2010 single work novel young adult

'Lucy is in love with Shadow, a mysterious graffiti artist. Ed thought he was in love with Lucy, until she broke his nose. Dylan loves Daisy, but throwing eggs at her probably wasn't the best way to show it. Jazz and Leo are slowly encircling each other.

'An intense and exhilarating 24 hours in the lives of four teenagers on the verge: of adulthood, of HSC, of finding out just who they are, and who they want to be.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 4 y separately published work icon Gracie Faltrain Gets It Right (Finally) Cath Crowley , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2008 Z1501784 2008 single work novel young adult

'As Gracie begins year 12, she has only one thing on her mind, and it's not school work. It's not even Martin, now that he's dumped her for the third time. It's soccer: a new season, a new team, a new league.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 4 y separately published work icon Gracie Faltrain Takes Control Cath Crowley , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2006 Z1259518 2006 single work novel young adult

'Just as she's settling down to a new season of soccer, the stakes are raised. Coach has entered the team in the Firsts - a boys' only league. To prove herself, Gracie has to fight harder than ever before. The other teams will do anything to keep her out of the game and, if she makes it, they'll do anything to see her lose.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2 8 y separately published work icon Chasing Charlie Duskin Cath Crowley , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2005 Z1188681 2005 single work novel young adult

'Charlie Duskin is running. Fleeing from failures and memories and friends who have given up on her. And she's not only running, she's chasing things - like a father who will talk to her, friends who don't think she's as invisible as a piece of cling wrap, and an experience with a boy in which she doesn't look like an idiot.

'But Charlie Duskin is about to have the best summer of her life. She's about to meet a friend who'll change her forever. She's about to fall in love. She just doesn't know it yet.' (Publication summary)
1 5 y separately published work icon The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain Cath Crowley , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2004 Z1104312 2004 single work novel young adult

'Gracie Faltrain is on her way. To the National Championships. To Nick. To everything she's ever wanted. Or so she thinks. Gracie's about to find out that life is messy. And hard. And beautiful.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Gracie Faltrain Cath Crowley , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2004-2008 6606511 2004 series - author novel
1 Two Cath Crowley , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 28 no. 2 2002; (p. 145-148)
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