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Green Valentine

Lili Wilkinson

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English
Allen & Unwin
29 July 2015
SHORT-LISTED: 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction

Astrid Katy Smythe is beautiful, smart and popular. She's a straight-A student and a committed environmental activist. She's basically perfect.

Hiro is the opposite of perfect. He's slouchy, rude and resentful. Despite his brains, he doesn't see the point of school.

But when Astrid meets Hiro at the shopping centre where he's wrangling shopping trolleys, he doesn't recognise her because she's in disguise - as a lobster. And she doesn't set him straight.

Astrid wants to change the world, Hiro wants to survive it. But ultimately both believe that the world needs to be saved from itself. Can they find enough in common to right all the wrongs between them?

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Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   254g
ISBN:   9781760110277
ISBN 10:   1760110272
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 14 to 18 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Lili Wilkinson was first published at age twelve in Voiceworks magazine. After studying Creative Arts at Melbourne University and teaching English in Japan, Lili worked on insideadog.com.au (a books website for teen readers), the Inky Awards and the Inkys Creative Reading Prize at the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria. She is completing a PhD in Creative Writing at Melbourne University and spends most of her time reading and writing books for teenagers. She has written nine books that are published in seven countries.

Reviews for Green Valentine

Fans of Louise Rennison's Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series or Carolyn Mackler's The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things will find a lot to like in this frothy offering. School Library Journal on The Not Quite Perfect Boyfriend


  • Long-listed for Indie Book of the Year 2016 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for Gold Inky Award 2016 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Young Adult Fiction 2016 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for Young Adult 2017 (Australia)
  • Shortlisted for Inky Awards: Gold Inky 2016.

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