Frankie and Joely

Frankie and Joely

Author: Nova Weetman

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0702255130

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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.


The Haunting of Lily Frost

The Haunting of Lily Frost

Author: Nova Weetman

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0702252646

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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.


The Secrets We Keep

The Secrets We Keep

Author: Nova Weetman

Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press

Published: 2016-03-23

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0702255491

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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?


Love, Death & Other Scenes

Love, Death & Other Scenes

Author: Nova Weetman

Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press

Published: 2024-04-03

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0702269611

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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.


Sick Bay

Sick Bay

Author: Nova Weetman

Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0702261858

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A brave and uplifting story about friendship and acceptance from award-winning Nova Weetman.Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She's struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to school and buries her head in books. New girl Riley is a type 1 diabetic with an over-protective mother. She'd rather chat with her friends than go to Sick Bay, but sometimes she has no choice. They think they've worked each other out, but what if they've got it all wrong? On the brink of high school, Meg and Riley need a place where they can find the courage to be themselves.


Growing Up Fisher

Growing Up Fisher

Author: Joely Fisher

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2017-11-14

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 006269555X

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Actress, director, entertainer Joely Fisher's touching, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, her famous parents, and how the loss of her unlikely hero, sister Carrie Fisher, ignited the writer in her. Growing up in an iconic Hollywood Dynasty, Joely Fisher knew a show business career was her destiny. The product of world-famous crooner Eddie Fisher and ’60s sex kitten Connie Stevens, she struggled with her own identity and place in the world on the way to a decades-long career as an acclaimed actress, singer, and director. Now, Joely shares her unconventional coming of age and stories of the family members and co-stars dearest to her heart, while stripping bare her own misadventures. In Growing Up Fisher, she recalls the beautifully bizarre twist of fate by which she spent a good part of her childhood next door to Debbie Reynolds. She speaks frankly about the realities of Hollywood—the fame and fortune, the constant scrutiny. Throughout, she celebrates the anomaly of a two-decade marriage in the entertainment industry, and the joys and challenges of parenting five children, while dishing on what it takes to survive and thrive in the unrelenting glow of celebrity. She speaks frankly about how the loss of her sister Carrie Fisher became a source of artistic inspiration. Fisher’s memoir, with never-before-seen photos, will break and warm your heart.


Elsewhere Girls

Elsewhere Girls

Author: Emily Gale

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2021-05-04

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1925923983

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


Play the Game

Play the Game

Author: Nova Weetman

Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1743582773

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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! When it comes to netball, Edie Thomas is a natural. She’s only ever played for fun and to hang out with her netball-mad bestie Tess. But when Edie makes the state team, it looks like netball will be taking centre stage. Until … 1. 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? 2. Edie begins to resent netball taking over her entire life. Can a cute distraction, in the shape of footballer hottie Finn, rekindle her passion for sport or will she quit netball for good? Follow your heart right to the end, or go back and choose all over again.