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Love, Death & Other Scenes

By: Nova Weetman

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Nova Weetman' s unforgettable memoir reflects on experiences of love and loss from throughout her life: losing her beloved partner, playwright Aidan Fennessy, during the 2020 Covid lockdown; the death of her mother ten years earlier; her daughter turning eighteen and finishing school; and her own physical ageing. Using these events as a lens, Nova considers how various kinds of losses &– and the complicated love they represent &– change us and can become the catalysts for letting go.This is a moving, honest account of farewelling a partner of twenty-five years, parenting teenagers through grief, buying property for the first time at the age of fifty, and learning to appreciate spending hours alone with only the household cat for company. Warm and wise &– and often joyful &– Love, Death & Other Scenes ultimately focuses on the living we do after losses and what we learn from them.

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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0702269611

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9780702269615

The Complete Creature Collection

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The Complete Creature Collection

By: Nova Weetman

With the help of a magical book, Noah Wriggle and his best friend Blue like to design weird and wonderful animal mash-up creations – and then bring them to life! But sometimes their mash-imals love being alive just a little TOO much … From tumbling tigers to eight-legged dinosaurs, Noah and Blue's creations always keep them on their toes! But will Noah and Blue let their imagination run a little too wild? The Complete Creature Collection includes: The Outstanding Octokey, The Speedy Spidersaurus, The Tumbling Tigerdillo and The Marvellous Moleon.

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Hardie Grant Publishing

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1743589565

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9781743589564

The Jammer

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The Jammer

By: Nova Weetman

Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another. She never minded starting over because she always had her mum, her dad and her love of roller derby. On the track she was Fred or Dead, the star jammer, a gun at smashing through a line of bodies and scoring for her team. But now Fred's life has fallen apart, and she can't imagine putting her skates on again. After road tripping to Melbourne with her dad, Fred meets a bunch of people who think they know what's best for her. And although she tries to avoid it, roller derby has a way of barging back into her life. A true jammer could push through anything, but Fred doesn't know who she is anymore. What do you do when the thing that could save you is what hurts the most?

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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0702266507

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9780702266508

Hot Cold Summer

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Hot Cold Summer

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A contemporary pick-a-path series about life, first crushes and friendship, that lets the reader choose how the story goes! It’s the last day of school and Frankie Jones is looking down the barrel of a long, hot, boring summer with only her guitar for company until … 1. She gets a surprise chance to go to London. She’s dying to go – except that it will mean seeing her heartbreakingly cute British friend Jack again. Will things take up where they left off? Or can Frankie finally prove she’s over him? 2. Her dad invites her on a beach holiday. But when she discovers her dad’s new girlfriend and her daughter Ellie are also coming on their trip, Frankie’s not sure how she feels. Will she get to spend any time with her dad at all? Or will she be expected to hang out with Ellie, her new best frenemy? Follow your heart right to the end, or go back and choose all over again.

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Hardie Grant Egmont

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1743581920

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9781743581926

A Hot Cold Summer

By: Nova Weetman

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A Hot Cold Summer

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A contemporary pick-a-path series about life, first crushes and friendship, that lets the reader choose how the story goes! It's the last day of school and Frankie Jones is looking down the barrel of a long, hot, boring summer with only her guitar for company until ... 1. She gets a surprise chance to go to London. She's dying to go - except that it will mean seeing her heartbreakingly cute British friend Jack again. Will things take up where they left off? Or can Frankie finally prove she's over him? 2. Her dad invites her on a beach holiday. But when she discovers her dad's new girlfriend and her daughter Ellie are also coming on their trip, Frankie's not sure how she feels. Will she get to spend any time with her dad at all? Or will she be expected to hang out with Ellie, her new best frenemy? Follow your heart right to the end, or go back and choose all over again.

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1742977731

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9781742977737

Change of Heart

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Change of Heart

By: Nova Weetman

Mackenzie loves living in the city, so when she's offered the chance to live in the country, she has to make some big decisions. Should she stay, and get to know her cute new neighbour - or leave to be closer to her family? In this contemporary pick-a-path story, readers can choose Mackenzie's next move!

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Hardie Grant Publishing

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1743586272

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9781743586273

Play the Game

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Play the Game

By: Nova Weetman

When it comes to netball, Edie Thomas is a natural. But she's only ever played for fun and to hang out with her netball-mad bestie Tess. But when she makes the state team, it looks like netball will be taking centre stage. Until a Edie drops out of the team when she scores a lead role in Romeo and Juliet opposite her long-time crush, Freddy. But will the school play be all that Edie dreams it will be? And will Tess ever forgive her for dumping netball? Edie begins to resent netball taking over her entire life. Will a cute distraction, in the shape of footballer hottie Finn, rekindle her passion for sport or will she quit netball for good? In this pick-a-path story YOU get to make Edie's decisions, and choose where her story goes. Follow your heart right to the end, or go back and choose all over again.

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1760121754

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The Marvelous Moleon

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The Marvelous Moleon

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What could happen when Noah and Blue bring a hungry moleon, a combination of a mole and chameleon, to school? Join the friends as they keep an eye on their latest creation.

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Lerner Publications TM

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9798765638293

The Secrets We Keep

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The Secrets We Keep

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A beautifully written and insightful new novel sensitively uncovering the effects of trauma on the mind of an eleven-year-old girl. I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else... Clem Timmins has lost it all—her house, possessions and clothes. Now living in a tiny flat with her dad, she has to go to a new school far from what she knows. On her first day, Clem meets Ellie. To fit in, Clem reveals a secret and immediately regrets sharing too much with her new friend. How can Clem face everything in her life when all she wants to do is run away?

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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0702255491

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9780702255496

The Outstanding Octokey

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The Outstanding Octokey

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What do you get when you combine a monkey and an octopus? The octokey! Follow Noah and Blue as they search for their latest creation after it gets loose in their school.

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The Edge of Thirteen

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The Edge of Thirteen

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Thirteen-year-old Clem deals with fitting in and falling out in this authentic story of friendship, from a beloved middle-grade author.Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when they get back together, things have changed. Bridge is boy-crazy and acting like a different person. Ellie is wearing a bra and having a real-life romance. Clem feels left behind. When she makes friends with Tom, suddenly everyone's gossiping about whether they're going to be a couple. Clem's got no interest in having a boyfriend. Or does she?At school camp, Bridge crosses the line and Clem has to ask herself - can she keep growing up with her friends when they're growing apart? This story of fitting in and falling out perfectly captures how it feels to balance on the edge of who you are and who you want to be.

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0702263125

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Everything Is Changed

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Everything Is Changed

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If only we could all go back to the way it was before . . . ' Jake and Alex. Best mates. One terrible mistake. Two lives that will never be the same. Told in reverse, this powerful and gritty novel moves through the wreckage of a broken friendship, back to the moment when everything changed.

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0702254169

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9780702254161

The Tumbling Tigerdillo

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The Tumbling Tigerdillo

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Noah and Blue's tigerdillo, a combination of a tiger and armadillo, accidentally joins them on a camping trip. Follow along as these friends try to get their newest creation home before it's too late.

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Frankie and Joely

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Frankie and Joely

By: Nova Weetman

A magnetic young adult novel about friendship, rivalry and new love. Frankie and Joely are best friends. They love each other like no one else can. It’s summer and, together, the girls are escaping the city and their mums for a week of freedom in the country. But when Joely introduces Frankie to her country cousins, Thommo and Mack, it soon becomes clear that something other than the heat is getting under their skin. As the temperature rises, local boy Rory stirs things up even more and secrets start to blister. Will they still be ‘Frankie and Joely’ by the end of their holiday? Catch your breath on this original novel from an unflinchingly honest Australian voice.

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University of Queensland Press

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0702255130

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9780702255137

The Speedy Spidersaurus

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The Speedy Spidersaurus

By: Nova Weetman

After Noah and Blue's spidersaurus, a combination of a spider and a T. Rex, escapes at school, it's up to them to find it before anyone else does. Join the pair in their latest adventure.

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Secrets We Share The

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Secrets We Share The

By: Nova Weetman

Clem is slowly rebuilding her life after a house fire destroyed everything. She's about to start high school with her two best friends and she's finally settled into living with her dad in their tiny flat. But when her mum unexpectedly moves in, Clem feels like there's no space for her. Then she meets Matt, a funny and rebellious fourteen-year-old with family troubles of his own. When everything starts to unravel, Clem must decide which secrets to keep and which to share.

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0702259780

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9780702259784

The Haunting of Lily Frost

By: Nova Weetman

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The Haunting of Lily Frost

By: Nova Weetman

An atmospheric and chilling ghost story debut from a talented young adult author. This room holds secrets, and even if they are of the dark–frightening type, I love secrets more than anything else. When Lily Frost’s parents move her from the only home and best friend she’s ever known to a country town called Gideon, things are dire. Lily knows no one – but someone seems to know her. And that someone isn’t exactly the welcoming type. Upon entering her new attic bedroom, Lily faints. Coming to, she’s overcome by the whispers of secrets. Determined to find out why, Lily is thrown into the path of cute local boy Danny. He’s not giving anything away, so it’s up to Lily to make sense of the watery footprints on her floor and the cold air that constantly seeps into her bones. For Lily, life in this small town is about to get very interesting as she finds herself seeing things she thought belonged to the dead.

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University of Queensland Press

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0702252646

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9780702252648

Aussie STEM Stars: Michelle Simmons

Quantum computing scientist

By: Nova Weetman

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Aussie STEM Stars: Michelle Simmons

Quantum computing scientist

By: Nova Weetman

Age range 9+ Growing up in London, Michelle’s interests frequently bumped up against expectations of girls which she pushed through, including her love of playing soccer and chess, and later, her passion for science and technology. Professor Simmons is well-known for creating the field of atomic electronics. Since 2000 she established the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology dedicated to the making of tiny atomic-scale devices in silicon and germanium. Her research group at the University of New South Wales is the only group worldwide that can create atomically precise devices in silicon. It was also the first team in the world to develop a working ‘perfect’ single-atom transistor and the narrowest conducting doped wires in silicon. In 2018 Michelle became Australian of the Year and is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. She is passionate about encouraging girls to pursue a career in science and technology: ‘Seeing women in leadership roles and competing internationally … gives them the sense that anything is possible’.

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123

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Wild Dingo Press

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1925893510

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9781925893519

Elsewhere Girls

By: Emily Gale,Nova Weetman

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Elsewhere Girls

By: Emily Gale,Nova Weetman

An exciting collaboration from two of Australia’s favourite middle-grade authors.

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Text Publishing

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1925923983

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9781925923988

The Secrets We Share

By: Nova Weetman

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The Secrets We Share

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The highly anticipated companion to Nova Weetman's critically acclaimed middle-reader The Secrets We Keep. Clem is slowly rebuilding her life after a house fire destroyed everything. She's about to start high school with her two best friends and she's finally settled into living with her dad in their tiny flat. But when her mum unexpectedly moves in, Clem feels like there's no space for her. Then she meets Matt, a funny and rebellious fourteen-year-old with family troubles of his own. When everything starts to unravel, Clem must decide which secrets to keep and which to share.

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