Megan is one of the leaders of the in-group. She wouldn't dream of talking to Perdita, 'the Freak'. But when they are thrown together in detention, she finds herself drawn into a spiky friendship. Megan then faces an uncomfortable choice: Perdita or the group?[...]
Funny and full of emotions that all readers will recognise, this is the fantastic new novel from a rising star of Australian teenage fiction.[...]
Alex is ready for things to change, in a big way. Everyone seems to think she's a boy, but for Alex the whole boy/girl thing isn't as simple as either/or, and when she decides girl is closer to the truth, no one knows how to react, least of all her parents.
Undeterred, Alex begins to create a new[...]
Mackenzie's counsellor thinks her ability 'to create and sustain healthy relationships is hampered by her negative attitude'. And no wonder. A teenage daughter of drug-damaged parents has little reason to trust other people, or even herself. Alone in the bush one night, as part of a camp for 'youths[...]
Why does it matter whether I am a boy or a girl? But it does. It really, really matters. When Alex was born, the doctors described him as sexually ambiguous, with both male and female reproductive organs. For the last fourteen years his parents have raised Alex as a boy. They dressed him in boys clo[...]