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A Little Spark

Barry Jonsberg author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Murdoch Books

Published:6th Apr '23

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A Little Spark cover

SHORTLISTED: 2024 Chief Minister's NT Book Awards, Children's/YA Books
SHORTLISTED: 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
NOTABLE BOOK: 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers

I don't tell Mum and Sam anything about my weekends with Dad. It would be giving them tickets into that world. The world Dad and I have created. And I don't want to do that. It's ours. It's all we have. It's all we've been allowed since my parents got divorced.

Cate gets to spend every second weekend with her dad, and each time something special and surprising happens. Something that fires the creative spark that Cate channels into her writing.

And everything is fine until Cate's stepdad, Sam, gets offered his dream job in London and her mum decides they are going to move to England with him...

Cate must decide what she wants for herself. She loves both her parents - but she must choose between them.

A warm and funny novel full of unexpected twists and turns, joy and heartbreak.

  • Winner of Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature 2024 (Australia)
  • Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2024 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for Indie Book Awards 2023 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for Book of the Year: Older Readers 2023 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for CBCA Awards 2024 (Australia)

ISBN: 9781911679707

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 247g

256 pages