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'When Astrid and Hiro meet they give each other superhero names. She's Lobster Girl and he's Shopping Trolley Boy. Not an auspicious beginning. But it gets better. Then it gets worse. Much worse. Classic romantic comedy: girl-meets-boy, love blossoms, and is derailed. Incredibly engaging, upbeat, funny and smart.
'Astrid Katy Smythe is beautiful, smart and popular. She's a straight-A student and a committed environmental activist. She's basically perfect.
'Hiro is the opposite of perfect. He's slouchy, rude and resentful. Despite his brains, he doesn't see the point of school.
'But when Astrid meets Hiro at the shopping centre where he's wrangling shopping trolleys, he doesn't recognise her because she's in disguise - as a lobster. And she doesn't set him straight.
'Astrid wants to change the world, Hiro wants to survive it. But ultimately both believe that the world needs to be saved from itself. Can they find enough in common to right all the wrongs between them?
'A romantic comedy about life and love and trying to make the planet a better place, with a little heartbreak, and a whole lot of hilarity.' (Publication summary)
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Pick of the Crop for the Younger Reader
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 December 2015; (p. 30) The Saturday Age , 19-20 December 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Sad, The Dog 2015 single work picture book ; Mr Huff 2015 single work picture book ; A River 2015 single work picture book ; The 65-Storey Treehouse 2015 single work children's fiction ; Green Valentine 2015 single work novel ; Inbetween Days 2015 single work novel ; Cloudwish 2015 single work novel ; Illuminae 2015 single work novel ; The Flywheel 2015 single work novel -
Review : Green Valentine
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 45)
— Review of Green Valentine 2015 single work novel -
Diverse Pathways to Empathy
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 November 2015; (p. 21)
— Review of Green Valentine 2015 single work novel ; Ugly 2015 single work autobiography ; The Beauty Is in the Walking 2015 single work novel -
Review : Green Valentine
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , August 2015;
— Review of Green Valentine 2015 single work novel
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Review : Green Valentine
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , August 2015;
— Review of Green Valentine 2015 single work novel -
Diverse Pathways to Empathy
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 November 2015; (p. 21)
— Review of Green Valentine 2015 single work novel ; Ugly 2015 single work autobiography ; The Beauty Is in the Walking 2015 single work novel -
Review : Green Valentine
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 45)
— Review of Green Valentine 2015 single work novel -
Pick of the Crop for the Younger Reader
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 December 2015; (p. 30) The Saturday Age , 19-20 December 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Sad, The Dog 2015 single work picture book ; Mr Huff 2015 single work picture book ; A River 2015 single work picture book ; The 65-Storey Treehouse 2015 single work children's fiction ; Green Valentine 2015 single work novel ; Inbetween Days 2015 single work novel ; Cloudwish 2015 single work novel ; Illuminae 2015 single work novel ; The Flywheel 2015 single work novel
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Older Readers
- 2016 shortlisted Inky Awards — Gold Inky
- 2016 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2015 commended The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards — FAW Christina Stead Award