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Azita and Me

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Holly has been keeping a low profile at school to avoid situations where the class bully can make unkind comments about her single sex parents and exclude her.

Her strategy is upset when Azita, an Iranian refugee, joins her Year 7 class, and they become friends.

The two girls are opposites, and Holly’s world expands in unexpected ways. It will take her on a journey towards independence and self-belief and towards a greater understanding of the natural world. She will have to contend with grief and learn how to live with it and grow beyond it.

Set in an imaginary coastal town in Queensland, Holly’s perceptive and captivating account will resonate across all age groups as she grapples with personal uncertainty and tragedy to hope for a better world.

Paperback
182 pages
Dimensions 21.6 × 14 × 1.6 cm

Read Chapter One

Holly has been keeping a low profile at school to avoid situations where the class bully can make unkind comments about her single sex parents and exclude her.

Her strategy is upset when Azita, an Iranian refugee, joins her Year 7 class, and they become friends.

The two girls are opposites, and Holly’s world expands in unexpected ways. It will take her on a journey towards independence and self-belief and towards a greater understanding of the natural world. She will have to contend with grief and learn how to live with it and grow beyond it.

Set in an imaginary coastal town in Queensland, Holly’s perceptive and captivating account will resonate across all age groups as she grapples with personal uncertainty and tragedy to hope for a better world.

Paperback
182 pages
Dimensions 21.6 × 14 × 1.6 cm

Read Chapter One

Meet author, Sarah Martin at the launch of her book, Azita and Me. Sarah is interviewed by English teacher, Katrina Renard as well as young readers Radha Tiedgen and Charlotte Berryman (whose friendship started upon discovering they'd both read this book).

Hear about Sarah's motivations for writing the book, her creative process and what she hopes year 7 students in particular will take away from the story.