Running in Circles

Name: Running in Circles
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Shivaun Plozza

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University of Queensland Press
28 April 2026

Children's & Educational; General fiction (Children's&YA); UFOs & extraterrestrial beings (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's&YA)

From award-winning author Shivaun Plozza comes this moving coming-of-age story about family, picking your battles and the transformative power of science.

When crop circles appear in Tully, North Queensland, twelve-year-old Dell knows it's a hoax. She's a future climate scientist who believes in facts, not science fiction. But Dell's estranged mum is an extraterrestrial fanatic. She blusters back into town armed with alien conspiracy theories and a dazzling smile.

If Dell can prove the crop circle is fake, surely her mum will hightail it out of Tully again, preferably before she causes Dell's dad and three sisters further heartbreak. But as her mother's claims grow more out of this world and alien fever takes over the country, Dell worries she's fighting a lost cause. How can she convince anyone of the truth when they're all so desperate to believe a lie?

By: Shivaun Plozza
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 228g
ISBN: 9780702271045
ISBN 10: 0702271047
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 28 April 2026
Recommended Age: From 10 to 14 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Shivaun Plozza is the award-winning author of Frankie, Tin Heart, The Boy, the Wolf and the Stars, A Reluctant Witch's Guide to Magic, Meet Me at the Moon Tree, The Worst Perfect Moment and Summer of Shipwrecks. Her writing has been shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award, the Queensland Literary Awards, the Australian Book Industry Awards and the Gold Inky Award. She won the Davitt Award for Best Young Adult Crime Novel in 2017. She lives in Geelong with her cat, Fenchurch. Running in Circles is her latest book.