In times of bushfires and billy buttons

Age range 13 to 18

What makes a good family? Love or blood?

And what if you have to choose between the two?

Ethan's parents are in jail; his Aunt works too hard; the new kid, Joshua, has a scar on his arm; a fire storm threatens the suburb, while wildflowers bloom along the school fence.

For Ethan, Audrey and their friends, it's time to choose what's important and what to leave behind.

Steven Herrick's books have twice won the NSW Premier's Literary Awards; been shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award on ten occasions; and won the prestigious Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2019. He is Internationally regarded as a pioneer of the verse-novel genre for young people.

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