Awards

• Long-listed for Booktopia Favourite Australian Book 2020
• Long-listed for Booktopia Favourite Australian Book 2020 (Australia)
• Short-listed for Young Adult, Indie Book Awards 2020
• Short-listed for Young Adult, Indie Book Awards 2020 (Australia)

Overview

When her parents announce their impending separation, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting or at least mildly upset. And now that Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, have fallen in love, she’s feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. Where does she fit in now? And what has happened to the version of her life that played out like a TV show—with just the right amount of banter, pining and meaningful looks? Nothing is going according to plan. But then an unexpected romance comes along and shakes things up even further. It Sounded Better in My Head is a tender, funny and joyful novel about longing, confusion, feeling left out and finding out what really matters.

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`Every 15+ should be given this next Christmas.' * Genevieve Kruyssen, Where the Wild Things Are * ` You feel like you've made friends by novel's end.' * Paul MacDonald, The Children's Bookshop * `I can't wait to sell this wonderful, funny, articulate, compassionate book.' * Beck Hutcheson, Avenue Bookshop * `I absolutely adored this novel.' * Angela Crocombe, Readings Kids * `Utter perfection! ' * Emma Leslie, Dymocks Melbourne * `I absolutely looooooooooooved it...I fell for Natalie like a ton of bricks!!' * Sarah McDuling, Booktopia * `The best novel about first love and teenage life I have read in a very long time.' * Claire Leyton, Harry Hartog Woden * `A beautiful story about teenage love and heartache.' * Natalie Yabuka, Oscar and Friends * `I loved it! This is a novel to relish and recommend.' * Lynndy Bennett, Gleebooks * `An adorably awkward and real romance. It was love at first chapter for me.' * Emily Gale *

`The most gorgeous, tender-hearted, funny and beautifully awkward story I've read all year...I loved this book. Just inhaled it.' * Rebecca Sparrow * `Loved. Loved. Loved it.' * Melina Marchetta * `It Sounded Better in My Head should be required reading for teenage females. It should be required reading for everyone...This book is smart, fresh and unique.' * Her Canberra * `A deeply tender coming-of-age story about first love, friendship, and all the horrifying awkwardness of navigating young adulthood. Thrumming with wonderfully nuanced and vividly depicted emotion, this book will make your heart soar, while also making you laugh.' * Booktopia * `Every 15+ should be given this next Christmas.' * Genevieve Kruyssen, Where the Wild Things Are * ` You feel like you've made friends by novel's end.' * Paul MacDonald, The Children's Bookshop * `I can't wait to sell this wonderful, funny, articulate, compassionate book.' * Beck Hutcheson, Avenue Bookshop * `I absolutely adored this novel.' * Angela Crocombe, Readings Kids * `Utter perfection! ' * Emma Leslie, Dymocks Melbourne * `I absolutely looooooooooooved it...I fell for Natalie like a ton of bricks!!' * Sarah McDuling, Booktopia * `The best novel about first love and teenage life I have read in a very long time.' * Claire Leyton, Harry Hartog Woden * `A beautiful story about teenage love and heartache.' * Natalie Yabuka, Oscar and Friends * `I loved it! This is a novel to relish and recommend.' * Lynndy Bennett, Gleebooks * `[A]n outstanding book that captures perfectly the liminal moment at the end of high school before `real life' begins - in my opinion, it's the younger, funnier cousin of Sally Rooney's Normal People, and I think Nina is about to become quite famous.' * Alison Huber * `This book is a rare gem; a simple story told with an utterly authentic and humorous voice that portrays with great empathy the insecurities and confusion of young adulthood...an absolute knockout of a novel [that] will win over hearts and minds everywhere!' * Readings * `Nina Kenwood has created nuanced and authentic characters, each caught up in their trajectory towards adulthood...a gorgeous and funny coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures the awkward, liminal nature of adolescence.' * Books+Publishing (starred review) * `I loved this delightful, funny, big-hearted book. Natalie's wry internal voice really spoke to the awkward-teen me.' * Melissa Keil * `This book is delicious-beautiful, funny, real and supremely honest. I devoured it.' * Claire Christian * `An adorably awkward and real romance. It was love at first chapter for me.' * Emily Gale *

`A deeply tender coming-of-age story about first love, friendship, and all the horrifying awkwardness of navigating young adulthood. Thrumming with wonderfully nuanced and vividly depicted emotion, this book will make your heart soar, while also making you laugh.' * Booktopia * `Every 15+ should be given this next Christmas.' * Genevieve Kruyssen, Where the Wild Things Are * ` You feel like you've made friends by novel's end.' * Paul MacDonald, The Children's Bookshop * `I can't wait to sell this wonderful, funny, articulate, compassionate book.' * Beck Hutcheson, Avenue Bookshop * `I absolutely adored this novel.' * Angela Crocombe, Readings Kids * `Utter perfection! ' * Emma Leslie, Dymocks Melbourne * `I absolutely looooooooooooved it...I fell for Natalie like a ton of bricks!!' * Sarah McDuling, Booktopia * `The best novel about first love and teenage life I have read in a very long time.' * Claire Leyton, Harry Hartog Woden * `A beautiful story about teenage love and heartache.' * Natalie Yabuka, Oscar and Friends * `I loved it! This is a novel to relish and recommend.' * Lynndy Bennett, Gleebooks * `Nina Kenwood has created nuanced and authentic characters, each caught up in their trajectory towards adulthood...a gorgeous and funny coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures the awkward, liminal nature of adolescence.' * Books+Publishing (starred review) * `I loved this delightful, funny, big-hearted book. Natalie's wry internal voice really spoke to the awkward-teen me.' * Melissa Keil * `This book is delicious-beautiful, funny, real and supremely honest. I devoured it.' * Claire Christian * `An adorably awkward and real romance. It was love at first chapter for me.' * Emily Gale *

`Every 15+ should be given this next Christmas.' * Genevieve Kruyssen, Where the Wild Things Are * ` You feel like you've made friends by novel's end.' * Paul MacDonald, The Children's Bookshop * `I can't wait to sell this wonderful, funny, articulate, compassionate book.' * Beck Hutcheson, Avenue Bookshop * `I absolutely adored this novel.' * Angela Crocombe, Readings Kids * `Utter perfection! ' * Emma Leslie, Dymocks Melbourne * `I absolutely looooooooooooved it...I fell for Natalie like a ton of bricks!!' * Sarah McDuling, Booktopia * `The best novel about first love and teenage life I have read in a very long time.' * Claire Leyton, Harry Hartog Woden * `A beautiful story about teenage love and heartache.' * Natalie Yabuka, Oscar and Friends * `I loved it! This is a novel to relish and recommend.' * Lynndy Bennett, Gleebooks *

Author Information

Nina Kenwood is an award-winning author living in Melbourne. Her debut YA novel It Sounded Better in My Head won the Text Prize and was a finalist for the American Library Association’s William C. Morris Award, as well as being shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Queensland Literary Awards, Russell Prize for Humour Writing, Indie Book Awards and Australian Book Industry Awards. It Sounded Better in My Head has been published in six languages and optioned to be adapted for the screen. Her second novel, Unnecessary Drama, will be published in October 2022.

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