![]() ![]() ![]() A warm, funny, and original look at families lost and found, this Own Voices novel celebrates the resilience of the human heart and the meaning of home. Metal Fish, Falling Snow is about a young girl’s search for an identity as she navigates unthinkable grief. As they pass through remote towns further and further from the water Dylan longs for, she and Pat form an unlikely bond: a bond that will be broken when Pat leaves Dylan with a family she has never known. A road trip with unlikely companions, a girl with a unique way of seeing the world, a great loss. When she loses her mother in a freak accident, Dylan finds herself on a very different journey: a road trip across the Australian outback in the care of her mother’s grieving boyfriend, Pat. Paris, Dylan imagines, is a place where her black skin won’t make her stand out, a place where she might feel she belongs. But it won’t last…ĭylan dreams of sailing across the ocean to France with her mother. An outback road-trip with her mum’s grieving boyfriend sees an unlikely bond develop. The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst by written Jaclyn Moriarty and illustrated by Kelly Canby Worse Things written by Sally Murphy and illustrated by Sarah Davis Early. ![]() Aster’s Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon Younger readers: honour books. An intense portrait of a girl searching for identity, laced with unexpected humour. When her mother dies, Dylan struggles to find her identity. Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore Where We Begin by Christie Nieman Younger readers: winner. Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore After her mother dies in an accident, a teenager finds herself bonding with her mother’s grieving boyfriend. ![]()
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