Simmone Howell

Girl Defective Simmone Howell

Brief Description: Friendship, love, and a mystery fill the life-changing summer of fifteen-year-old Sky, who lives with her unconventional family in a run-down record store in St. Kilda, a seaside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Review Quotes: "Melancholy and haunting, funny and hopeful, and just everything I love in a book."--Trish Doller, author of Where the Stars Still ShineBrief Description: "Originally published in 2013 in Australia by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited"--Copyright page. Review Quotes: "Girl Defective is melancholy and haunting, funny and hopeful, and just everything I love in a book."--Trish Doller, author of Where the Stars Still ShineReview Quotes: "Charming, funny, fun...a delightful journey through an Australian teenager's summer of weird and cool."--Rachel Cohn, New York Times bestselling co-author of Nick & Norah's Infinite PlaylistReview Quotes: "Smart. Edgy. Beautifully written. One of my year's favorites."--Melina Marchetta, Printz Medal winner for Jellicoe RoadMarc Notes: Originally published in 2013 in Australia by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited--Copyright page.; Friendship, love, and a mystery fill the life-changing summer of fifteen-year-old Sky, who lives with her unconventional family in a run-down record store in St. Kilda, a seaside suburb of Melbourne, Australia.; Ages 14 up. Publisher Marketing: In the tradition of "High Fidelity "and "Empire Records," this is the literary soundtrack to Skylark Martin's strange, mysterious, and extraordinary summer. "This is the story of a wild girl and a ghost girl; a boy who knew nothing and a boy who thought he knew everything." It's a story about Skylark Martin, who lives with her father and brother in a vintage record shop and is trying to find her place in the world. It's about ten-year-old Super Agent Gully and his case of a lifetime. And about beautiful, reckless, sharp-as-knives Nancy. It's about tragi-hot Luke, and just-plain-tragic Mia Casey. It's about the dark underbelly of a curious neighborhood. It's about summer, and weirdness, and mystery, and music. "And it's about life and death and grief and romance. All the good stuff." Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014 (EAN 9781442497603, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Publishers Weekly 08/04/2014 (EAN 9781442497603, Hardcover)

Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 110 (EAN 9781442497603, Hardcover)

Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2014 (EAN 9781442497603, Hardcover)

Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2014 pg. 159 (EAN 9781442497603, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

School Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 116 (EAN 9781442497603, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2014 pg. 63 (EAN 9781442497603, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 (EAN 9781442497603, Hardcover)

Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 110 (EAN 9781442497627, Open Ebook)

Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2014 (EAN 9781442497627, Open Ebook)

Contributor Bio:  Howell, Simmone Simmone Howell is the award-winning author of Notes from the Teenage Underground" and Everything Beautiful". Before becoming a writer she worked in a multitude of secondhand bookstores and record shops, and as a result her house looks like one. She lives with her husband and son and crazy dog in Melbourne, Australia. Visit her at SimmoneHowell.com.