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24 1 y separately published work icon Our Chemical Hearts Krystal Sutherland , ( trans. Esther Roig with title La química del cor ) Barcelona : Fanbooks , 2017 9481130 2016 single work novel young adult romance

'John Hughes meets John Green in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts and the golden seams that put them back together again.

'Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love that he's been hoping for just hasn't been in the cards for him – at least not yet. Instead, he's been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into an Ivy League college and finally becoming editor of his school newspaper. Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything's about to change.

'Grace isn't who Henry pictured as his dream girl – she walks with a cane, wears oversized boys' clothes and rarely seems to shower. But when Grace and Henry are both chosen to edit the school paper, he quickly finds himself falling for her. It's obvious there's something broken about Grace, but it seems to make her even more beautiful to Henry and he wants nothing more than to help her put the pieces back together again. And yet, this isn't your average story of boy meets girl. Krystal Sutherland's brilliant debut is equal parts wit and heartbreak, a potent reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love.' (Publication summary)

18 16 y separately published work icon Beautiful Malice Rebecca James , ( trans. Esther Roig with title Bella malícia ) Barcelona : Columna , 2010 Z1645467 2010 single work novel young adult To escape the media attention generated by her sister's murder, the grieving seventeen-year-old Katherine moved away from her shattered, once-perfect family to start a new life in Sydney. There she keeps her head down until she is befriended by the charismatic Alice, and her life takes her in new directions. But there is a dark side to Alice, and as we learn the truth of Katherine's sister's death and Alice's background their story spirals to an explosive finale. (Source: Trove)
18 32 y separately published work icon Stasiland Anna Funder , ( trans. Esther Roig with title Stasiland : històries de darrere el Mur de Berlín ) Barcelona : Columna Edicions , 2009 Z1001793 2002 single work non-fiction (taught in 5 units)
— Appears in: Reader's Digest Encounters : Real Life Reading 2006; (p. 9-174)

To write this non-fiction work about life in the former East Germany, Anna Funder interviewed former Stasi officers and the people they surveilled. Described in the National Library of Australia record as 'A book of travel, history and biography that reads like a documentary novel,' Stasiland takes 'a deliberately subjective and "literary" approach' to its material with an 'emphasis on a sympathetic authorial persona as the source of the reader's perspective' (Susan Lever 'The Crimes of the Past: Anna Funder's Stasiland and Helen Garner's Joe Cinque's Consolation'. Paper delivered at the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) conference 2006).

10 13 y separately published work icon The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Planned to Live an Unusual Life) Martine Murray , ( trans. Esther Roig with title Las Mentirijillas de Cedar B., una chica– diferente ) Barcelona : Montena , 2006 Z942003 2002 single work children's fiction children's "When twelve-year-old Cedar loses her dog, it sets off a chain of events leading her to find a new friend, become an acrobat, and learn some bitter-sweet truths about family, community, and herself." (Source: OCLC)
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