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18 16 y separately published work icon Beautiful Malice Rebecca James , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 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)
5 22 y separately published work icon This Is How M. J. Hyland , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2009 Z1601693 2009 single work novel

This Is How tells the story of Patrick Oxtoby, an outsider longing to fit in. When his fiancé Sarah breaks off their engagement, Patrick leaves home and moves to a boarding house in a seaside village a few hours away. In spite of his hopes for a new and better life, Patrick struggles to make friends or make the right impression. He can't shake the feeling that his new acquaintances are conspiring against him, further fracturing his fragile personality and prompting him to take a course of action that alters the course of his life. (Publisher's blurb)
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