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'It's summer in St Kilda. Fifteen-year-old Sky is looking forward to great records and nefarious activities with Nancy, her older, wilder friend. Her brother - Super Agent Gully - is on a mission to unmask the degenerate who bricked the shop window. Bill the Patriarch seems content to drink while the shop slides into bankruptcy. A poster of a mysterious girl and her connection to Luke, the new employee sends Sky on an exploration into the dark heart of the suburb. What begins as a toe-dip into wilder waters will end up changing the frames of Sky's existence. Love is strange. Family Rules. In between there are teenage messes, rock star spawn, violent fangirls and accidents waiting to happen. Sky Martin is Girl Defective: funny, real and dark at the edges.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Book Covers : Exploring Book Cover Designs for Trends from the Perspective of a Book Cover Designer
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 29 no. 5 2014; (p. 18-20) -
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2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 March 2013; (p. 26)
— Review of Girl Defective 2013 single work novel -
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2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13-14 April 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Girl Defective 2013 single work novel -
Simmone Howell
Jason Steger
(interviewer),
2013
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 March 2013; (p. 28-29) The Saturday Age , 23 March 2013; (p. 28) The Canberra Times , 23 March 2013; (p. 19) The Melbourne suburb of St Kilda provides an atmospheric backdrop to this writer’s latest piece of young-adult fiction, writes Jason Steger. -
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2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 28 no. 1 2013; (p. 43)
— Review of Girl Defective 2013 single work novel
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Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 28 no. 1 2013; (p. 43)
— Review of Girl Defective 2013 single work novel -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13-14 April 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Girl Defective 2013 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 March 2013; (p. 26)
— Review of Girl Defective 2013 single work novel -
Young Adult Fiction
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 May 2013; (p. 29)
— Review of Cry Blue Murder 2013 single work novel ; Girl Defective 2013 single work novel ; Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel ; The Mimosa Tree 2013 single work novel -
Simmone Howell
Jason Steger
(interviewer),
2013
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 March 2013; (p. 28-29) The Saturday Age , 23 March 2013; (p. 28) The Canberra Times , 23 March 2013; (p. 19) The Melbourne suburb of St Kilda provides an atmospheric backdrop to this writer’s latest piece of young-adult fiction, writes Jason Steger. -
Book Covers : Exploring Book Cover Designs for Trends from the Perspective of a Book Cover Designer
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 29 no. 5 2014; (p. 18-20)
Awards
- 2014 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2014 joint winner APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Young Adult Book
- 2014 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2014 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
- 2013 shortlisted Inky Awards — Gold Inky
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