The Wintrish Girl

Talismans of Fate Book 1 (CBCA Notable Book 2023)

Melanie La'Brooy

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Queensland Univ. Press
30 August 2022

General fiction (Children's&YA); Kids

A wildly fun debut about not quite belonging, forging your own path and finding your true home.

On Talisman Day in the Province of Arylia, all children receive powerful objects that change their lives forever. All children except for the Wintrish servant girl Penn, that is.

Bound to the spoiled Princess Seraphine since birth, Penn has never known her true family. While she longs to return to her own Province of Midwinter and find them, she knows that all her future holds is a lifetime of loneliness.

But a long-forgotten evil is stirring, and destinies are about to change ...

When the Princess is kidnapped, Penn is forced to run for her life to clear her own name. With the help of some unexpected friends and a dragon with a fear of unicorns, she faces deadly peril and formidable foes. But can one ordinary Wintrish girl save the day?

Because without a Talisman, there's no changing your fate - is there?

By: Melanie La'Brooy
Imprint: Queensland Univ. Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 418g
ISBN: 9780702265631
ISBN 10: 0702265632
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 30 August 2022
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Melanie La'Brooy is an Australian author who has previously written five novels for adults, which were published in Australia by Penguin Books and internationally. For several years, Melanie regularly contributed political columns to the Melbourne newspaper, The Age, and did book reviews on ABC radio in Melbourne. Over the past twelve years she has lived in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East with her family. Melanie wrote this story for her three children who, like Penn, aren't quite sure where they fit into the world sometimes either.