DescriptionWINNER: Best Unpublished Author manuscript in the Storylines Tessa Duder YA Prize 2024.For readers aged 14 to 18.Read an extractLink to extract on Kete Books opens in a new window.ReviewsNZ Booklovers ~ An emotionally charged and beautifully written debut novel. Told in alternating chapters from both Zelle and Callum’s perspectives, this YA novel is a raw exploration of friendship, loss and the process of healing. The characters aren’t perfect; they’re messy and relatable, so you feel their struggles and hopes on every page. Themes of friendship, love, grief, addiction and coming-of-age pressures are woven seamlessly throughout, with representation of LGBTQI experiences adding further depth.The Spinoff ~ A brilliant new YA novel from a huge new talent.About the Kiwi authorHannah Marshall has an MA in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. She’s been a winner of the Maurice Gee Prize in Children’s Writing, an NZSA CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment recipient and won the Best Unpublished Author category in the Storylines Tessa Duder YA Award 2024. This is her first novel.
