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Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Sebastian Ritscher
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CLOUDWISH

Fiona Wood

For Vân Uoc, fantasies fall into two categories: nourishing or pointless. Daydreaming about attending her own art opening? Nourishing. Daydreaming about Billy Gardiner, star of the rowing team who doesn't even know she's alive? Pointless.
So Vân Uoc tries to stick to her reality--keeping a low profile as a scholarship student at her prestigious Melbourne private school, managing her mother's PTSD from a traumatic emigration from Vietnam, and admiring Billy from afar. Until she makes a wish that inexplicably--possibly magically--comes true. Billy actually notices her. In fact, he seems to genuinely like her. But as they try to fit each other into their very different lives, Vân Uoc can't help but wonder why Billy has suddenly fallen for her. Is it the magic of first love, or is it magic from a well-timed wish that will eventually, inevitably, come to an end?

Fiona Wood is a television screenwriter and novelist. She lives in Melbourne with her husband. Her first novel, Six Impossible Things, won the 2008 Eleanor Dark Fellowship for fiction and the Readings Foundation Glenfern Fellowship in 2009 and was a 2011 CBCA nominee for best young adult novel. Wildlife, her first novel published in the United States, was named the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year (Older Readers) and was short-listed for various other awards.
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Published 2016-10-18 by Poppy/Little Brown

Book

Published 2016-10-18 by Poppy/Little Brown

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Fresh, funny, and heartbreaking...Wood’s relatable, realistic characters will endear her to fans of Rainbow Rowell, and Sibylla’s budding feminism brings to mind E. Lockhart’s Frankie Landau Banks.

... such refreshing candor...

Set in Melbourne and reflecting on class, race and following your heart, Cloudwish rings with an authentic teenage voice that captures the frustration of seeing the problems in your world and not being able to change them. Vân Uoc’s combination of shyness and passion is incredibly believable, and she broke my heart several times over the course of this book with her painfully accurate reflections on the way the world sees her. About bullying, friendship, first love, family drama and Jane Eyre, there isn’t a single person who is or was a teenager who won’t be able to identify with this beautiful, powerful new book from Fiona Wood. 4.5 out of 5 stars.

... a believable story of misguided friendship, betrayal, and empowering growth... With exceptional candor, honesty, and nuance, Wood tells a heartening and compelling story of the importance of agency, self-confidence, and true friendship.

The voices reverberate with honesty, vulnerability, and deep emotions and will leave a lasting impression on readers.

A/NZ: Macmillan