Winter of Grace - Softcover

Constable, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1742377726 ISBN 13: 9781742377728

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2012

Synopsis

Sharing the same views about numerous world issues, Bridie and Stella find their best friendship tested after attending a peace rally where they meet a devout Christian boy who captures Bridie's heart and introduces her to his faith, causing her to question her relationship with Stella. By the author of The Singer of All Songs. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Kate Constable is a Melbourne writer who grew up in Papua New Guinea, where her father worked as a charter pilot. She is the author of the internationally-published fantasy trilogy, The Chanters of Tremaris, as well as The Taste of Lightning. As part of the Girlfriend fiction series she wrote Always Mackenzie and Winter of Grace (joint winner of the Children?s Peace Literature Award, 2009) and co-authored Dear Swoosie (with Penni Russon). Her novel Cicada Summer was short-listed for the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award. Her most recent novel, Crow Country, won the 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award (younger readers) and the 2012 NSW Premier's Literature Award, Patricia Wrightson Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2012 WA Premier's Literary Award and the Adelaide Festival Award for Children?s Literature. Kate lives in West Preston with her husband, two daughters and a bearded dragon.

Review:

"A winsome read, especially for readers who are open to the plot intricacies of time travel."  —Booklist on Cicada Summer

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1742377726
• ISBN 13: 9781742377728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168