The Anatomy of Wings

The Anatomy of Wings
Author: Karen Foxlee
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2009-02-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375891595

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Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teenage sister, Beth, she looks to the adult world around her for answers. As she recounts the final months of Beth’s life, Jennifer sifts through the lies and the truth, but what she finds are mysteries, miracles, and more questions. Was Beth’s death an accident? Why couldn’t Jennifer—or anyone else—save her? Through Jennifer’s eyes, we see one girl’s failure to cross the threshold into adulthood as her family slowly falls apart.

The Anatomy of Wings

The Anatomy of Wings
Author: Karen Foxlee
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780702236167

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A novel that explores the complexities of a family in a small Queensland after the death of one of the daughters.

The Anatomy of Wings

The Anatomy of Wings
Author: Karen Foxlee
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2010-09-14
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375847618

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Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teenage sister, Beth, she looks to the adult world around her for answers. As she recounts the final months of Beth’s life, Jennifer sifts through the lies and the truth, but what she finds are mysteries, miracles, and more questions. Was Beth’s death an accident? Why couldn’t Jennifer—or anyone else—save her? Through Jennifer’s eyes, we see one girl’s failure to cross the threshold into adulthood as her family slowly falls apart.

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
Author: Karen Foxlee
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 038575356X

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“Magic is “messy and dangerous and filled with longing,” we learn in this brave tale of grief, villainy and redemption that borrows from the story of the Snow Queen. Set in a vast, chilly museum, the tale brings together a valiant girl, a charmed boy, a magical sword and a clock ticking down to the end of the world.”—The Wall Street Journal This is the story of unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard who doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven by science. She and her sister Alice are still grieving for their dead mother when their father takes a job in a strange museum in a city where it always snows. On her very first day in the museum Ophelia discovers a boy locked away in a long forgotten room. He is a prisoner of Her Majesty, the Snow Queen. And he has been waiting for Ophelia's help. As Ophelia embarks on an incredible journey to rescue the boy everything that she believes will be tested. Along the way she learns more and more about the boy's own remarkable journey to reach her and save the world. A story within a story, this a modern day fairytale about the power of friendship, courage and love, and never ever giving up.

The Anatomy of Melancholy

The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 836
Release: 1994
Genre: English prose literature
ISBN: 9780198123316

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Lenny's Book of Everything

Lenny's Book of Everything
Author: Karen Foxlee
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2018-10-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1760637955

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WINNER: 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature WINNER: 2019 QLD Literary Awards, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award HONOUR BOOK: 2019 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers SHORT-LISTED: 2019 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction NOMINATED: 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal Lenny, small and sharp, has a younger brother Davey who won't stop growing - and at seven is as tall as a man. Raised by their mother, they have food and a roof over their heads, but not much else. The bright spot every week is the arrival of the latest issue of the Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia. Through the encyclopedia, Lenny and Davey experience the wonders of the world - beetles, birds, quasars, quartz - and dream about a life of freedom and adventure. But as Davey's health deteriorates, Lenny realises that some wonders can't be named. A big-hearted novel about loving and letting go by a bestselling and multi-award-winning author. 'A gorgeous, heartbreaking and heartwarming book.' RJ Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder 'Such a big heart and not a beat out of place.' Melina Marchetta, author of Looking For Alibrandi 'This bittersweet tale about heartbreak and healing has a sense of whimsy that never feels forced. Foxlee's writing is brimming with perfectly constructed moments that merge into a truly sensational, heart-wrenching read. This is the kind of book that makes a reader feel grateful it exists. 5/5 stars.' Books+Publishing

The Midnight Dress

The Midnight Dress
Author: Karen Foxlee
Publisher: Ember
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Alcoholism
ISBN: 0375847650

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Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival while a mystery unfolds around them.

A Most Magical Girl

A Most Magical Girl
Author: Karen Foxlee
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2016-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1848125739

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Magical machines, wizards, witches, mysterious underworlds, a race against time - and two most magical girls. Annabel Grey has been brought up to be a very proper Victorian young lady. But being 'proper' isn't always easy - especially when you can sometimes see marvellous (as well as terrifying) things in puddles. But parlour tricks such as these are nothing compared to the world that Annabel is about to enter... After the rather sudden departure of her mother, Annabel is sent to live with her aunts. They claim to be Shoreditch witches, and from a very old family line of them too. They're keen to introduce Annabel to their world of transformation, potions and flying broomsticks (which seem to have strong personalities of their own) but are horrified when Annabel announces not only does she not know any magic, young ladies shouldn't believe in such things. But before Annabel has time to decide whether she does or not, she is swept into an urgent quest. The trees of Highgate have been whispering to Kitty - an extraordinary urchin of a girl, who Annabel's aunts seem very fond of - and so have the fairies. They talk of a terrible, dark magic that wants to devour all of London. And of a most magical girl who might be able to stop it . . . This sparkling and enchanting story is sure to bewitch you, so curl up in front of the fire, and prepare to be swept away . . .