NOW PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA AND THE UK AND AS AN AUDIOBOOK ON AUDIBLE
In the UK and related territories? Visit Ghost Bird's UK publisher,
Old Barn Books for all the details.
Ghost Bird is also a free audiobook with an Audible membership.
Australian Teacher's Notes and a high res version of the cover can be found on UQP's website.
The book trailer can be found here.
Remember daughter, the world is a lot bigger than anyone knows. There are things that science may never explain. Maybe some things that shouldn’t be explained.
Stacey and Laney are twins – mirror images of each other – and yet they’re as different as the sun and the moon. Stacey works hard at school, determined to get out of their small town. Laney skips school and sneaks out of the house to meet her boyfriend. But when Laney disappears one night, Stacey can’t believe she’s just run off without telling her.
As the days pass and Laney doesn’t return, Stacey starts dreaming of her twin. The dreams are dark and terrifying, difficult to understand and hard to shake, but at least they tell Stacey one key thing – Laney is alive. It’s hard for Stacey to know what’s real and what’s imagined and even harder to know who to trust. All she knows for sure is that Laney needs her help.
Stacey is the only one who can find her sister. Will she find her in time?
Awards
Winner, 2020 ACT Book of the Year
Winner, 2020 Queensland Literary Awards, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
Winner, 2020 The Readings Young Adult Book Prize
Joint Winner, The Norma K Hemming Award, Long form category
Winner, 2017 Queensland Literary Awards – Unpublished Indigenous Writer: David Unaipon Award
Honour Book, 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards – Book of the Year: Older Readers
Shortlisted, 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Indigenous Writers' Prize
Shortlisted, 2021 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
Shortlisted, 2019 Aurealis Awards - Best Young Adult Novel