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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2019 longlisted The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for 'We'll Meet Again'.
Awards for Works
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The Museum of Broken Things
Melbourne
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Text Publishing
,
2022
23603250
2022
single work
novel
young adult
children's
'I didn’t always live here. Not so long ago I was living in a thriving metropolis with more than one coffee shop on each block and four full bars of reception. I went to Heathmont High School, home to one thousand students, two best friends, a deeply average orchestra, and one cursed statue. Well, allegedly.
'Reece still isn’t used to living in the small beachside town of Hamilton: she misses her old school, her old friends and her old life. She can’t go back and she can’t move forward: nothing feels right anymore.
'But when Reece inherits a strange artefact that belonged to her beloved grandmother, she begins to unravel a mystery that might change the way she feels about everything around her, including her classmate Gideon…
'A lively, witty novel about letting go of the past and finding your place in the world, The Museum of Broken Things introduces a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction.' (Publication summary)
- 2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
- 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2023 shortlisted Indie Awards — Young Adult
- 2022 shortlisted Readings Prizes — The Readings Young Adult Book Prize
- 2020 shortlisted Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
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