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Wildwood Dancing
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There are many mysteries within the wildwood. Jena and her sisters share the biggest of all, a fantastic secret that enables them to escape the confines of their everyday life in rural Transylvania. They have kept it hidden for nine long years. When their father falls ill and must leave their forest home over the winter, Jena and her oldest sister Tati are left in charge. All goes well until a tragic accident allows their over bearing cousin Cezar to take control. The appearance of a mysterious young man in a black coat divides sister from sister, and suddenly Jena finds herself fighting to save all she holds dear. With her constant companion Gogu by her side, she must venture to realms dark and perilous in her quest to preserve, not just those she loves, but her own independence as well.
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Wildwood Dancing is my first novel for young adult readers (it's a good read for adults too.) It was first published in Australia by Pan Macmillan in July 2006, and is now available in UK, US, Dutch, Brazilian and Portuguese editions. The companion book to Wildwood Dancing is Cybele's Secret.
Winner of the 2006 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel
Number 4 on Amazon's list of Top Ten Books for Young Adults, 2007
One of YALSA's
Best Books for Young Adults, 2007
Included on the Best Children's Books of the Year list for 2007,
published by the Bank Street College of Education (USA)
Included on the New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age List 2008
Included on the US Board of Books for Young People and Children's Book Council 2008 list of Outstanding International Books
Included on the Texas / TAYSHAS High School Reading List for 2009-10
Nominated for the Virginia Readers' Choice list for the 2009/10 school year
Winner of the 2009 Beehive Book Award for Young Adult Fiction (awarded by the Children's Literature Association of Utah, and decided by popular vote)
View photographs from my trip to Transylvania