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How It Feels to Float

How It Feels to Float


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Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mum and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface – normal, okay, regular, fine. But after what happens on the beach – first in the ocean, and then in the sand – the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Dad disappears and with him, all comfort. Might it be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe – maybe, maybe, maybe – there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.

About the Author :
Helena Fox is an author, poet and writing mentor, living by the ocean on Dharawal Country in Wollongong, Australia. She mentors young writers and runs writing workshops to support mental health. Fox's debut novel, How It Feels to Float, has been translated into Dutch, German and Spanish. It won the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Literature and the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Writing for Young Adults. It was also named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and the Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year in the US. Fox's second novel, The Quiet and the Loud, won the Ethel Turner Award for Young Literature in the 2024 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and was shortlisted for the 2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the ABIA Book of the Year, and the Queensland Literary Awards. Candice Moll is an Australian actress who has been performing professionally for the past 12 years. She is most known for her role of Harmony in the hit children’s TV show The Fairies. Her credits include the character narration of the Universal Studios Japan attraction Space Fantasy as well as numerous audiobooks.

Review :
'I haven't been so dazzled by a YA in ages ... Biz's voice is wild and rollicking, lyrical and hilarious, utterly authentic ...' 'A profoundly moving story about grief, loss, and love that will take your breath away. Helena Fox is a writer to be reckoned with.' 'A mesmerizing and timely debut.' 'Fox's prose is lyrical and profoundly affecting, providing a nuanced account of the hereditary effects of trauma.' 'Alive with sensation and rich in thought and feeling, How It Feels to Float intensively explores what it's like to be here now.'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781038646958
  • Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Bolinda/Macmillan Australia
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 205 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1038646952
  • Publisher Date: 11 Jul 2023
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 134 mm
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Width: 146 mm


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