Annie and Maeve Are Definitely Not Friends: An uplifting story of an unexpected friendship

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Olivia Muscat

Annie and Maeve Are Definitely Not Friends

Name: Annie and Maeve Are Definitely Not Friends
Price: 17.99 AUD
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ISBN: 9781760996680

An uplifting story of an unexpected friendship

Olivia Muscat

$17.99

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English

Fremantle Press
28 April 2026

Children's & Educational; Baby books; General fiction (Children's&YA); School stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: disability & special needs (Children's&YA)

Olivia Muscat's debut novel celebrates the unexpected happiness of finding somebody who really gets who you are.

Annie and Maeve have grown up in very different circumstances. They don't have a whole lot in common, so when they end up in the same class and are essentially forced into a friendship, neither one is very impressed.

Both girls are blind - Maeve since birth, and Annie due to a fairly recent accident. According to most of the adults in their lives, this should be the basis for a beautiful friendship. Annie and Maeve disagree. When overlapping friends, birthday parties, pesky classmates, school camp, concert auditions and holiday sleepovers conspire to force the girls into hanging out, they realise that they might have more in common than they could have guessed.

Their shared disability isn't the reason they decide to be friends, but they both learn that sometimes it is a true revelation to find someone who totally gets some of the things you're going through.

By: Olivia Muscat
Imprint: Fremantle Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 234g
ISBN: 9781760996680
ISBN 10: 1760996688
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28 April 2026
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Olivia Muscat has just completed her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne. She majored in creative writing and Italian and is currently contemplating her next move. She occasionally blogs about life with her guide dog, Jemima, and spends her days reading, writing, and imagining her life as a musical.