1/8/2024 0 Comments Catch a falling star![]() Shortlisted, 2021 Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction.Shortlisted, 2020 West Australian Young Readers Book Awards: Younger Readers.Shortlisted, 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards: Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature.Shortlisted, 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards: Younger Readers Category.Shortlisted, 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards: Children’s Literature.Winner, 2019 WA Premier’s Book Awards: Writing for Children.Winner, 2020 SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards, Australia & New Zealand Region.‘… perfectly pitched for readers on the cusp of adolescence … McKinlay, as always, brings an enormous amount of insight to a story without weighing it down and the result is a book that is tender, hopeful, and slightly surreal.’ McKinlay’s gift for writing accessible characters for younger readers shines through … Catch a Falling Star is a finely crafted novel that will catch the attention of teachers as well as readers aged nine and up. This is a gentle story about everyday life, but it’s so addictive, so emotional, so gripping.’ ‘Meg McKinlay is a master storyteller and her words never fail to burrow deep into my heart and mind. ‘ Catch a Falling Star is middle grade writing at its very finest … sure to end up on school curriculum lists and will be enjoyed in tween and teen bookclubs around the country.’ ![]() – Anna Fienberg, author of the Tashi series and many more ‘A witty and tender story mapping the marvels of science and the human heart.” Deftly navigating the spaces between science and belief, between logic and magical thinking, it will appeal to fans of Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo and Plenty by Ananda Braxton-Smith. Set against the backdrop of an international media event, this coming-of-age story is about loss and grief, about dealing with change and fighting to hold on to what you can, while letting go of what you can’t. Maybe a space station isn’t the only thing heading straight for calamity. It always has been.īut maybe this is something bigger than splinters and spiders and sleepwalking. Because if anyone’s going to keep him safe, it’s her. And while the world watches the sky, Frankie keeps her own eyes on Newt. Things her mum won’t talk about, and which her little brother Newt never knew.īecause as Skylab circles closer, Newt starts acting strangely. Things twelve-year-old Frankie thought she’d forgotten. And rushing back with it are old memories. Somewhere high above Frankie Avery, one of the world’s first space stations is tumbling to Earth.
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