Bologna Catalogue 2012 - Australian Publishers Association

YA Highlights
GLORY
By Sarah Brill
Spinifex Press
She lies in the bed and she is sick. But with the sickness comes a pain and in that pain
she finds a glory. And it’s the glory that gets her through. When her body heals and she
is out of hospital and home with her family, she needs to seek out a new glory. She finds
it in starvation.
Rights Available: World excluding ANZ. Rights Contact: Susan Hawthorne,
women@spinifexpress.com.au
SHADOWS
By Paula Weston
The Text Publishing Co Australia
Fast-paced and wildly compelling, Shadows is the first in a stand-out series of
paranormal romance for fans of Richelle Mead and Stephenie Meyer. Text will publish
the second book in The Rephaim Series in 2013.
Rights Available: World Rights. Contact: Anne Beilby, Rights Manager, The Text
Publishing Co Australia, anne.beilby@textpublishing.com.au, ph. +61 3 8610 4535,
www.textpublishing.com.au
JUST A GIRL
By Jane Caro
UQP (University of Queensland Press)
A true tale about one of history’s greatest women. Determined, passionate and
headstrong, Elizabeth the First shaped the destiny of a kingdom, all before she was 25.
How do you find the courage to become queen when you are just a girl?
Rights Available: World. Rights Contact: Kristina Schulz (UQP)/Rod Hare (ALC),
kristinas@uqp.uq.edu.au
THE WRONG BOY
By Suzy Zail
Black Dog Books/Walker Books Australia
The story of a Jewish girl sent to Auschwitz with her family. She falls in love with the
wrong boy – the German son of the camp commander. “Being kissed by Karl Jager
was devastating. And beautiful. War makes you do dangerous things.” Suzy Zail is the
daughter of an Auschwitz survivor.
Rights Available: World Excluding-Australia, New Zealand. Rights
Contact: Melissa Keown, Walker Book Australia, Melissa.keown@walkerbooks.com.au
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