Awards

• Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Award Ethel Turner Prize 2014
• Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize 2014
• Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize 2014 (Australia)
• Short-listed for Queensland Literary Awards Young Adult Book Award 2013
• Short-listed for Queensland Literary Awards Young Adult Book Award 2013 (Australia)
• Short-listed for Queensland Literary Awards: Griffith University Young Adult Book Award 2013
• Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Prize for Writing for Young Adults 2014
• Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award Ethel Turner Prize 2014.
• Shortlisted for Queensland Literary Awards: Griffith University Young Adult Book Award 2013.
• Winner of Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Older Readers 2014
• Winner of Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Older Readers 2014.

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Reviews

Wildlife is a poignant and insightful view into the teenage battleground of friendships, family and new romance, and is Fiona Wood's confident follow-up to her debut novel Six Impossible Things. Told from the perspectives of 16-year-olds Sibylla and Lou as they spend a term in the wilderness with their classmates, the story follows a group of typical teenagers trying to find their place in a world that has changed greatly since their parents were the same age. While both narrators are likeable, Fiona Wood's great triumph is the voice of Lou, who we first met in Six Impossible Things. She is the new girl at school, observant, witty, self-possessed and still reeling from the death of her boyfriend the previous year. Sibylla, in contrast, is struggling with more common teenage dramas, including boyfriends, old friends and new friends. Through Lou's eyes, and a class assignment on Othello, we are granted a window into the blossoming relationship and subsequent betrayal of Sibylla by those she thought most likely to look out for her. This is perfect for fans of John Green, with just the right blend of emotional heft and humour. I would highly recommend it for readers aged 14 and up. Amelia Lush is the children's buyer at Better Read Than Dead in Newtown. This review first appeared in the Junior Term 2 2013 supplement of Books+Publishing magazine. View more pre-publication reviews here. -- Amelia Lush Books+Publishing

Author Information

Fiona Wood has been writing television scripts for more than ten years on shows ranging from one-hour dramas such as MDA and The Secret Life of Us, to soaps Neighbours and Home and Away, and children's dramas The Sleepover Club and Silver Sun. Her first young adult novel Six Impossible Things - for which she was awarded the Varuna Eleanor Dark Fellowship - was published in 2010. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and two YAs.

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