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Fleur Beale

Juno of Taris

Fleur Beale

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English
Random House
01 July 2008
Fantasy; Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA); Cultural & Period Fantasy
Juno wants the truth . . . but her questions bring danger

'Don't give up. Don't let them kill your spirit. Things will change. You need to be strong. You need to be ready. And you will need courage.'

Juno is young; she has no authority, no power, and to question the ways of Taris is discouraged. She knows what it's like when the community withdraws from her - turning their backs and not speaking to her until she complies.

The Taris Project was the brainchild of a desperate twenty-first-century world, a community designed to survive even if the rest of humanity perished. An isolated, storm-buffeted island in the Southern Ocean was given a protective dome and its own balmy climate. And now Juno is one of 500 people who live there - but what has happened to the outside world in the years since Taris was established? The island has not been in contact with Outside since the early years of its existence.

Juno yearns to know about life Outside, just as she yearns to be allowed to grow her hair. It is a rule on Taris that all must have their heads shaved bare. But is it a rule that could be broken? Danger awaits any who suggest it.
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Imprint:   Random House
Country of Publication:   Australia
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   292g
ISBN:   9781741662979
ISBN 10:   1741662974
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 13 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Fleur Beale is the author of many much-loved award-winning books - she has now had more than 30 books published in New Zealand, with some also being published in the US and England. Fleur won the 2007 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book with Slide the Corner and the Esther Glen Award for Juno of Taris in the 2009 LIANZA Children's Book Awards.

Reviews for Juno of Taris

'Remarkable... as powerful as anything Joyce Carol Oates has produced' Kate Kellaway, Observer * 'Troubling and remarkable' Lavinia Greenlaw, Daily Telegraph * 'Demonstrates not only the passion, pathos and psychological intensity of this most explosive of major US writers but also again showcases Oates's full-blooded, soaring prose' Irish Times * 'An important book... all men should read it' Literary Review


  • Short-listed for New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Senior Fiction 2009
  • Short-listed for Storylines Notable New Zealand Books: Young Adult Fiction 2009
  • Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Senior Fiction 2009.
  • Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Senior Fiction 2009.
  • Shortlisted for Storylines Notable New Zealand Books: Young Adult Fiction 2009.
  • Winner of LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Esther Glen Award 2009.
  • Winner of LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction 2009.

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