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From beloved WA author Cristy Burne comes a verse novel of how a few special moments can matter most when your whole world is turned upside-down.
When twelve-year-old Alex’s uncle is diagnosed with a genetic form of motor neurone disease, the ripple effect is immediate – it means his dad has a fifty percent chance of carrying the fatal gene. And if Dad has the gene, Alex has a fifty percent chance of carrying it, too.
But ultimately, this is a story of how a few special moments can matter most.
A quirky, bittersweet story about family ties, memory and the unexpected ways we hold it together when everything has fallen apart.
The day after Maud Tarkington turns twenty-one, she must attend the funeral of her favourite brother, Lloyd. But instead, Maud is ricocheting around the city, looking for signs of life – will she even make it to Lloyd’s send-off?
Annie and Maeve have almost nothing in common, and they definitely do not want to be friends. But from braving the high swing at camp to battling it out in the talent contest, maybe, just maybe, this fiasco could grow into friendship.
From the joys of friendship to navigating the world while living with a disability, Olivia Muscat’s own-voice debut novel for young readers pokes fun at society’s assumptions, and celebrates the unexpected happiness of finding somebody who really gets who you are.
