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Only Ever Always


School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 180

Published: 2013

Great for age 6-18 years

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WINNER: 2012 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's LiteratureWho dreams the dreamer?Claire lives in an ordinary world where everything is whole. But inside Claire is broken. The silvery notes of her music box allow her an escape from her grief into a dream-world, into Clara's world.Clara's world has always been broken. She finds broken things to swap at the markets; she walks the treacherous route past the brown river where lone dogs prowl; she avoids the seamy side when she can, but with powerful people pulling the strings, it's not always possible.Which world is real?Claire's and Clara's paths are set to collide, and each has much to lose - or gain.Original and poetic, this captivating novel explores dreams, grief, friendship and love through a brilliantly constructed dystopian fantasy world.'Like the sound of the little loved music box that is so pivotal to the story, Penni Russon's Only Ever Always is both deeply touching and strangely eerie, leaving the reader with a mixture of warmth and apprehension, yearning and wonder - about death, life, language, art,dreams and childhood. Fascinating and absolutely memorable.' - Ursula Dubosarsky

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 12-16 years.

There are 180 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2013 by Allen & Unwin .

Penni Russon is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning writer and academic with an enduring interest in childhood and adolescence. Penni lives in the bushy outskirts of Melbourne with her partner, three kids and a schnauzer called Swoosie. Find out more about Penni at pennirusson. com, or her blog eglantinescake. blogspot. com

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Older Readers
This book was recognised by the Older Readers.

Young Adult Book Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Young Adult Book Award.

Aurealis Award
This book was recognised by the Aurealis Award.

Children's Book Council of Australia Awards - Book Of the Year
This book was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.

"Like the sound of the little loved music box that is so pivotal to the story, "Only Ever Always" is both deeply touching and strangely eerie, leaving the reader with a mixture of warmth and apprehension, yearning and wonder--about death, life, language, art, dreams and childhood. Fascinating and absolutely memorable." --Ursula Dubosarsky, author, "The Word Snoop"