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A FLASH IN THE DUST
Told in multiple points of view, this is a gripping, genre-bending YA thriller, ideal for readers of Mackenzi Lee, Ruta Sepetys, and Courtney Summers.
A pacy historical YA thriller think the bushranger version of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.
1899, Western Australia. Gilberta Brady has been locked inside the Fremantle Asylum for 'morbid sensuality' for the past three years. If she can prove that she's recovered, she might be released back to her family. The doctor puts her in charge of colony girl Norah, who's beset with delusions about having witnessed a homicide.
When Gilberta is inadvertently caught up in Norah's escape plan, the two inmates find themselves in the unforgiving bush. They meet Nyungar brothers, Miro and Djarraly, who are on their own journey home, and form a bushranger gang to track down a serial killer: the cop who murdered Norah's mother. But it turns out that the cop is also tracking them .
Riveting, action-packed multi-POV adventure, with a dash of queer romance.
MEG CADDY is a West Australian YA novelist with three published novels. Meg started their first novel, a standalone YA fantasy titled Waer, when they were just fourteen, and Waer was acquired by Text Publishing after being shortlisted for the Text Prize in 2013. In 2017, Waer was also shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award. Their second novel, Devil's Ballast, was longlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize (2020). The sequel Slipping the Noose was also longlisted for both the CBCA Book of the Year Award (2023) and the ARA Historical Novel Prize (2022). Meg identifies as nonbinary and asexual. They are currently undertaking a PhD in creative writing, with a focus on Australia's queer history. They have been presenting writing workshops and talks for West Australian teens since 2013. When they are not writing, elbows-deep in archives, or chasing around their toddler, Meg plays an unhealthy amount of Dungeons & Dragons. https://megcaddy.com.au/
1899, Western Australia. Gilberta Brady has been locked inside the Fremantle Asylum for 'morbid sensuality' for the past three years. If she can prove that she's recovered, she might be released back to her family. The doctor puts her in charge of colony girl Norah, who's beset with delusions about having witnessed a homicide.
When Gilberta is inadvertently caught up in Norah's escape plan, the two inmates find themselves in the unforgiving bush. They meet Nyungar brothers, Miro and Djarraly, who are on their own journey home, and form a bushranger gang to track down a serial killer: the cop who murdered Norah's mother. But it turns out that the cop is also tracking them .
Riveting, action-packed multi-POV adventure, with a dash of queer romance.
MEG CADDY is a West Australian YA novelist with three published novels. Meg started their first novel, a standalone YA fantasy titled Waer, when they were just fourteen, and Waer was acquired by Text Publishing after being shortlisted for the Text Prize in 2013. In 2017, Waer was also shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award. Their second novel, Devil's Ballast, was longlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize (2020). The sequel Slipping the Noose was also longlisted for both the CBCA Book of the Year Award (2023) and the ARA Historical Novel Prize (2022). Meg identifies as nonbinary and asexual. They are currently undertaking a PhD in creative writing, with a focus on Australia's queer history. They have been presenting writing workshops and talks for West Australian teens since 2013. When they are not writing, elbows-deep in archives, or chasing around their toddler, Meg plays an unhealthy amount of Dungeons & Dragons. https://megcaddy.com.au/
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Published 2026-06-01 by UQP University of Queensland Press - St Lucia (AUS) |