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I didn’t always live here. Not so long ago I was living in a thriving metropolis with more than one coffee shop on each block and four full bars of reception. I went to Heathmont High School, home to one thousand students, two best friends, a deeply average orchestra, and one cursed statue. Well, allegedly.
Reece still isn’t used to living in the small beachside town of Hamilton: she misses her old school, her old friends and her old life. She can’t go back and she can’t move forward: nothing feels right anymore. Not that she’s trying very hard – she hasn’t even unpacked yet, and the only new friend she’s made is a middle-aged barista.
But when Reece inherits a strange artefact that belonged to her beloved grandmother, she begins to unravel a mystery that might change the way she feels about everything around her, including her charismatic classmate Gideon…
A lively, witty novel about letting go of the past and finding your place in the world, The Museum of Broken Things introduces a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction.
‘A clear-eyed, absorbing and atmospheric story of loss (and love) that pulls you in, then warmly holds you there.’ Rhiannon Wilde, award-winning author of Henry Hamlet’s Heart
- Themes:pacific island cultures, WWII, identity, friendshipReading age:14+Australian
- Themes:coming-of-age, road novel, identityReading age:14+
- Themes:Friendship, rural Australia, sisters, coming of ageReading age:12+Australian
- Themes:time-travel, adventure, fantasy, steampunk, friendship, historyReading age:12+Australian
- Themes:supernatural, friendship, identityReading age:14+Australian
- Themes:friendship, identity, homelessness, grief, coming-of-ageReading age:14+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
- Themes:adventure, mystery, friendship, wealthReading age:10+Australian
- Themes:Australian history, politics, migration, conflict, identity, womenReading age:12+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
- Reading age:10+Australian
- Themes:Australian history, Convicts, True Stories, Tasmania, Sailing, Birds, Pirates, IllustratedReading age:9+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
- Themes:counter-culture, indie music, surfing, sexualityReading age:15+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
- Reading age:14+Australian
- Themes:crime-solving, rural living, family mysteriesReading age:13 +Australian
- Themes:dealing with death, coping with grief, friendshipReading age:13+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
- Reading age:8+Australian
- Themes:survival, honour, friendship, love, refugees, dystopiaReading age:14+openbookTeaching notesAustralian
- Themes:supernatural, friendship, identityReading age:14+Australian
- Themes:grief, friendship, identity, supernatural, loveReading age:14+openbookTeaching notesAustralian

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