Alaska
Author: Saliba, Sue
ISBN: 9780143206118
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Year first published: 28 Mar 2011
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback / softback
When Mia follows her sister halfway across the world to Alaska, she discovers that love can be found in the most unexpected and beautiful of places. A lyrical new novel from the winner of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction with Something in the World Called Love.
Award-winning author Sue Saliba's lyrical young adult novel about following your heart to the most unexpected and beautiful of places.
mia's heart made a sound that no one heard except for mia
late one night when she woke from dreams into darkness.
ethan was asleep beside her, and em was a forest away.
outside it was night and dark and alaska. the sky was upside down.
When Mia follows her sister halfway across the world to Alaska, she discovers that love can be found in the most unexpected and beautiful of places. But can Mia find the courage to follow her heart in Alaska? And what if the one you love is not all that you wish them to be?
Awards
Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction, 2012
Shortlisted for the APA Design Awards for Best Children's Cover, 2012
Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book, 2012
ISBN: 9780143206118
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Year first published: 28 Mar 2011
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback / softback
When Mia follows her sister halfway across the world to Alaska, she discovers that love can be found in the most unexpected and beautiful of places. A lyrical new novel from the winner of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction with Something in the World Called Love.
Award-winning author Sue Saliba's lyrical young adult novel about following your heart to the most unexpected and beautiful of places.
mia's heart made a sound that no one heard except for mia
late one night when she woke from dreams into darkness.
ethan was asleep beside her, and em was a forest away.
outside it was night and dark and alaska. the sky was upside down.
When Mia follows her sister halfway across the world to Alaska, she discovers that love can be found in the most unexpected and beautiful of places. But can Mia find the courage to follow her heart in Alaska? And what if the one you love is not all that you wish them to be?
Awards
Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction, 2012
Shortlisted for the APA Design Awards for Best Children's Cover, 2012
Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book, 2012
