Footprints on the Moon

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A breathtaking verse novel about one girl finding the courage to take her own small steps for humankind. Humans are about to leave footprints on the moon, but what sort of mark can one girl make here on earth It's 1969 and life is changing fast. Sharnie Burley is starting high school and finding it tough to make new friends. As the world waits to see if humans will land on the moon, the Vietnam War rages overseas. While her little cousin, Lewis, makes pretend moon boots, young men are being called up to fight, sometimes without having any choice in the matter. Sometimes without ever coming home. Dad thinks serving your country in a war is honourable, but when Sharnie's older sister, Cas, meets a returned soldier and stars getting involved in anti-war protests, a rift in their family begins to show. Sharnie would usually turn to her grandma for support, but lately Gran's been forgetting things. Can she find her own way in this brave new world

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Lorraine Marwood has published several children's novels and collections of poetry, winning the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award for children's fiction in 2010 for her novel Star Jumps. She has enjoyed three fellowships with the May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust. Her 2018 verse novel, Leave Taking, was the joint winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature and was shortlisted for the 2019 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers and the Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award. She lives in rural Victoria. www.lorrainemarwood.com