Pink by Lili Wilkinson

Ava Simpson desperately wants a change. She desperately wants to fit in. Which is why she's stripping the black dye from her hair and leaving her public school and her girlfriend Chloe behind to embrace conventionality, normality and hopefully popularity. Completing her transformation is her move to a posh private school, a new look and a pink cashmere sweater.

Can Ava really find her place amongst the beautiful, popular and conventional gang at her new school? These new friends make assumptions about her homelife, her interests and her sexuality - but so do her girlfriend and parents, so what's new? Or will she discover her true self amongst the school's outcasts, who are determined to buck convention and be true to themselves?

An entertaining, contemporary story which explores sexuality, popularity, and the pressures imposed on teens not only by society, but also from within.

Caitlin @ Balwyn Library


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Love-shy by Lili Wilkinson

Have you ever wished you were the kid who always got the highest marks in the class, the last swimmer in the relay so you had to make up any time lost and still go on to beat the other teams, the third speaker in debating so you could annihilate the opposition?  Penny Drummond has her hand in lots of things, but she only does them if she can be the best, as she prepares to become a successful, hard hitting journalist.  Failure has never been a consideration until she meets PEZZimist.

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About the Girls report

Sadly I wasn't able to be at Lili Wilkinson's talk to the girls at Kew Library last week, but here's what Katy had to say:

Lili Wilkinson's advice to aspiring authors is "If someone asks you to write something, say yes!" Lili spoke recently at Kew library, explaining how writing a review in The Age led to being asked to write a book about Joan of Arc. Now the author of five novels, she is an inspiring speaker and a refreshing advocate for trashy literature for teens.