Posse
By (Author) Kate Welshman
Random House Australia
Random House Australia
1st May 2009
Australia
Young Adult
Fiction
A823
Paperback
290
Width 131mm, Height 196mm, Spine 19mm
285g
Amy and her best friends - the Posse - are at year 11 camp and they're bored. In the scorching summer heat, sparks start to fly. Clare and Amy might be best friends, but they're sniping as if they're enemies. Camp leader Bevan is singling Amy out for attention, and Clare's jealous. Amy's feeling reckless enough to do something major...In one night everything will change. Friendships will be tested and broken; careers will hang in the balance; and everything Amy knows about her friends and her family will be ripped away. What really happened when Clare disappeared that night Who's telling the truth And when things go too far, should you save your friends - or save yourself
"Amy is the real deal. A gutsy, flawed and instantly likeable heroine." J. C. Burke, author, "Ocean Pearl""
"Not afraid to tackle hard issues, Kate Welshman s coming-of-age debut novel captures the essence of the senior schoolgirl life . . . difficult topics are handled sensitively and sensibly . .. A great read!" "Australian Bookseller and Publisher ""
"Not afraid to tackle hard issues, Kate Welshman's coming-of-age debut novel captures the essence of the senior schoolgirl life . . . difficult topics are handled sensitively and sensibly . . . A great read!" --"Australian Bookseller and Publisher "
Kate Welshman is a barrister. She lives on a horse property in Sydney with her husband and three children. Posse is her first novel.