Overview
A sweet and emotional novel about friendship, family and accepting change from a fresh new voice.
''Tender and funny - a tumbling collage of words and wonderings, fears and triumphs, where the child''s world is both the hard, real thing and the stuff of magic.'' Ursula Dubosarsky, Australian Children''s Laureate 2020-2021
''This universal story is perfect for any young reader who''s ever felt left on the outside.'' Books + Publishing
''A wonderful addition to Australian verse novels...captured so much heart and joy, as well as the big feelings that we all have...'' The Book Muse NOTABLE BOOK: 2024 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers
WINNER: 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, Children''s Book Award
Freya''s world is turned upside down when she and her mum move to inner-city Melbourne. Now she''s ...
Stuck in a new apartment on the eleventh floor and Freya is afraid of lifts.
Stuck in a new basketball team where not everyone likes a new star player.
Stuck in a classroom of kids who don''t know Freya is a donor-conceived baby.
Stuck, just like Little Audrey in the Skipping Girl sign suspended over the suburb of Abbotsford.
Being the new girl makes Freya feel like a dark cloud on a summer''s day. Can she figure out how to belong on Vinegar Street?
''Very tender and also very funny - a tumbling collage of words and wonderings, fears and triumphs, where the child''s world is both the hard, real thing and the stuff of magic,'' URSULA DUBOSARSKY, Australian Children''s Laureate 2020-2021
''This universal story is perfect for any young reader who''s ever felt left on the outside.'' Books + Publishing
''A wonderful addition to Australian verse novels...captured so much heart and joy, as well as the big feelings that we all have...'' The Book Muse NOTABLE BOOK: 2024 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers
WINNER: 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, Children''s Book Award
Freya''s world is turned upside down when she and her mum move to inner-city Melbourne. Now she''s ...
Stuck in a new apartment on the eleventh floor and Freya is afraid of lifts.
Stuck in a new basketball team where not everyone likes a new star player.
Stuck in a classroom of kids who don''t know Freya is a donor-conceived baby.
Stuck, just like Little Audrey in the Skipping Girl sign suspended over the suburb of Abbotsford.
Being the new girl makes Freya feel like a dark cloud on a summer''s day. Can she figure out how to belong on Vinegar Street?
''Very tender and also very funny - a tumbling collage of words and wonderings, fears and triumphs, where the child''s world is both the hard, real thing and the stuff of magic,'' URSULA DUBOSARSKY, Australian Children''s Laureate 2020-2021
- | Author: Karen Comer
- | Publisher: A&U Children's
- | Publication Date: May 30, 2023
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781761180132
- | ISBN-10: 1761180134
