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'Eighteen-year-old Julianne De Marchi is different. As in: she has an electrical undercurrent beneath her skin that stings and surges like a live wire. She can use it—to spark a fire, maybe even end a life—but she doesn’t understand what it is. And she can barely control it, especially when she’s anxious.
'Ryan Walsh was on track for a stellar football career when his knee blew out. Now he’s a soldier—part of an experimental privatised military unit that has identified Jules De Marchi as a threat. Is it because of the weird undercurrent she’s tried so hard to hide? Or because of her mother Angie’s history as an activist against bio-engineering and big business?
'It’s no coincidence that Ryan and Jules are in the same place at the same time—he’s under orders to follow her, after all. But then an explosive attack on a city building by an unknown enemy throws them together in the most violent and unexpected way.' (Synopsis)
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[Review] The Undercurrent
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 32 no. 4 2017; (p. 48)
— Review of The Undercurrent 2017 single work novel'Julianne De Marchi has a superpower. She can't yet control it and she doesn't know where it came from, nut an electrical current surges restlessly beneath her skin and tends to burst out when she is anxious or emotional.' (Introduction)
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Know the Author : Paula Weston
Leonie Tyle
(interviewer),
2017
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 32 no. 4 2017; (p. 20-22)'Paula Weston took the reading world by storm when her first novel Shadows was published in 2012. It was the first of four in the contemporary The Rephaim series which quickly went on to be one of Australia's bestselling and most loved paranormal narratives. It added a uniquely Australian flavour to the popular angel genre. Readers have fallen deeply for Paula's protagonists Gaby and Rafa who are snappy, sexy and real. The series has sold widely throughout the world.' (Introduction)
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[Review] The Undercurrent
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 103 2017;
— Review of The Undercurrent 2017 single work novel
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[Review] The Undercurrent
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 103 2017;
— Review of The Undercurrent 2017 single work novel -
[Review] The Undercurrent
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 32 no. 4 2017; (p. 48)
— Review of The Undercurrent 2017 single work novel'Julianne De Marchi has a superpower. She can't yet control it and she doesn't know where it came from, nut an electrical current surges restlessly beneath her skin and tends to burst out when she is anxious or emotional.' (Introduction)
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Know the Author : Paula Weston
Leonie Tyle
(interviewer),
2017
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 32 no. 4 2017; (p. 20-22)'Paula Weston took the reading world by storm when her first novel Shadows was published in 2012. It was the first of four in the contemporary The Rephaim series which quickly went on to be one of Australia's bestselling and most loved paranormal narratives. It added a uniquely Australian flavour to the popular angel genre. Readers have fallen deeply for Paula's protagonists Gaby and Rafa who are snappy, sexy and real. The series has sold widely throughout the world.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2018 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2018 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
- 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2017 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Novel
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