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The Goodbye Year (2022)
It’s the start of 2020 and Harper is filled with anticipation about being in the final year of Riverlark Primary.
Elsewhere Girls (with Nova Weetman, 2021)
Cat and Fanny have never met. They both live in the same Sydney suburb, but in different worlds, or at least different times. But one day, time slips and they swap places.
Outlaw Girls (2024)
An exciting, fast-paced time-slip novel, narrated by Kate Kelly (Ned Kelly's sister) who lives in 1878, and Ruby, who joins her in the past, about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal
Aussie STEM Stars: Gisela Kaplan
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I Am Out With Lanterns (2018)
A young adult novel about friendship, first love and the power of art to change lives.
The Other Side of Summer (2016)
A younger companion novel to I Am Out With Lanterns about a young girl whose family moves to the other side of the world.
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