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Outlaw Girls
Published 27 February 2024
ISBN 9781922790231
Format Paperback
Extent 320pp
AU Price $16.99
NZ Price $21.00

Outlaw Girls

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Paperback
27 Feb 2024
EBook
27 Feb 2024
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From the dream duo of Australian middle-grade comes this time-slip novel that explores the early life of Kate Kelly, sister of the infamous Ned.

Kate and Ruby live in the High Country in Victoria. They're both daring, quick-thinking and prepared to break the rules, and they're both brilliant horse riders—they'd probably be great friends. But they live in different times, 145 years apart.

While galloping through the mountains, Kate rides headlong into a thrilling experience that transports her from 1878 to the future, where she meets Ruby. Kate and Ruby return to 1878, where Kate is secretly taking supplies to her brother Ned and the rest of the Kelly Gang, who are in hiding from the police. Together the girls work to confuse the police and keep the gang from being found and arrested. But the looming disaster makes things less clear-cut for Ruby. They're about the have the ride of their lives!

Outlaw Girls is an exciting, fast-paced time-slip novel, narrated by both Ruby and Kate, about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal, the complexity of right and wrong, and working out what matters most.
Published 27 February 2024
ISBN 9781922790231
Format Paperback
Extent 320pp
AU Price $16.99
NZ Price $21.00

About the authors

Emily Gale

Emily Gale’s work includes the junior fiction duology Eliza Boom, middle-grade novels The Other Side of Summer, Elsewhere Girls and Outlaw Girls (co-written with Nova Weetman), The Goodbye Year, and most recently The Wild Unknown, as well as the YA novels Girl, Aloud, Steal My Sunshine, and I Am Out With Lanterns. Emily’s books have been published all over the world and shortlisted for a number of awards.
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Praise for Outlaw Girls

Horses and history combine in this exciting middle‑grade novel that will have children who love stories about the bush and bushrangers completely hooked

Readings

Emily Gale and Nova Weetman deliver again with Outlaw Girls…This time-slip story is riveting upper-middle-grade historical fiction like you’ve never seen it before.

Books+Publishing

This is an awesome story for young readers interested in historical fiction, or anyone who loves a bit of action and intrigue!

Better Read Than Dead, March Kids Book of the Month

Emily Gale and Nova Weetman passionately delve into untold stories of female empowerment in history, crafting accessible and joyful historical fiction for young readers

Novel Insight

This is a wonderful time-slip historical novel, set in and around events that have been so much a part of Australian history. It is a story of growing up and realising the consequences of your actions, thinking of others, loyalty to both friends and family, and understanding that the choices that we face are often complex and difficult. It will be enjoyed by all those in upper primary and lower secondary.

Lamont Books

Two of the most inspiring women I know…Beloved for their writing around the country.

e More Bookish podcast

A thrilling ride of danger and friendship across time, Outlaw Girls is an adventure of courage and loyalty from two favourite authors. I wanted to gallop away with Kate and Ruby.’

Kate Constable

A charming, eye-opening exploration of gender restrictions and self-determination.

Kirkus Reviews (US) on Elsewhere Girls