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THE EDGE OF THIRTEEN

Nova Weetman

The not-to-be-missed third and final book in the award-winning 'Secrets' series.
Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when they get back together, things have changed. Bridge is boy-crazy and acting like a different person. Ellie is wearing a bra and having a real-life romance. Clem feels left behind. When she makes friends with Tom, suddenly everyone's gossiping about whether they're going to be a couple. Clem's got no interest in having a boyfriend. Or does she?

At school camp, Bridge crosses the line and Clem has to ask herself - can she keep growing up with her friends when they're growing apart?

This authentic story perfectly captures how it feels to balance on the edge of who you are and who you want to be.

Nova Weetman lives in Melbourne with her family. She has written for TV and is the author of many middle grade and young adult novels. The Secrets We Keep was shortlisted for the Readings Children's Book Prize, the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards and the ABIA Awards. The sequel, The Secrets We Share, was a 2018 CBCA Notable Book and won the KROC Kids Reading Oz Choice Awards, NT - Best Fiction for Years 7 to 9. It was also shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. Nova's middle grade novel Sick Bay was a CBCA Notable Book and shortlisted for the ABIA Awards.
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Published 2021-03-01 by UQP University of Queensland Press - St Lucia (AUS)

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A perfect story about being in-between. Moving and utterly absorbing. I could go on reading about Clem forever.

Will thrill current fans and win Nova many more. This novel is so insightful and pitch perfect that young readers will not be able to stop reading.

A contemporary, Australian version of the best Judy Blume tales that have resonated with teens for decades. From the embarrassment of puberty to the fear of being left out, young readers will love seeing themselves and their friends reflected on these pages. Read more...

The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman named in top position as the number one book on the Readings children's and YA top 10 bestsellers of the week (15/03/21).

The Edge of Thirteen recently won the ABIA Small Publishers' Children Book of the Year. Read more...

This is a beautiful story about kindness and finding friends who make you feel you're home.

Weetman's powerful portrayal of the awkwardness of early youth and the changes it brings, demands attention be given to the anxiety and angst experienced by teenagers trying to fit in. Read more...