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Alaska
  • Published: 28 March 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143206118
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 194
  • RRP: $22.99

Alaska

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27 June 2011
Paperback
28 Mar 2011
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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
  • Published: 28 March 2011
  • ISBN: 9780143206118
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 194
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Sue Saliba

Sue Saliba lives on Phillip Island in Victoria with her husband Bruno, her two cats Minou and Charbon, and her dog Sally. She has previously published the young adult novel Watching Seagulls, and the children's book The Skin of a Star, as well as short stories and poetry. Her second novel something in the world called love won the Victorian Premier's Award for young adult fiction and the APA Design Awards Best Children's Cover. Her third young adult novel, Alaska, was published in 2011, was short-listed for both the APA Design Awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, and was a notable book in the CBCA Awards.

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