Jane Godwin – författare

Three teenage girls from very different backgrounds find themselves sharing a hospital ward. When they witness a crime in the park below their window, they bond over trying to solve the crime and each one undergoes a profound change. A beautiful coming-of-age story about identity, expectation, class, justice, society, fairness, and, above all, kindness.''Fresh insights into friendship and family are spun through tangents into chance and randomness ... and music and its power to trigger memory and give a rhythm and pace to life. Injured Evie, in particular, learns how to grow and walk away stronger.'' - Weekend Australian''Such a richly delicious read and I wanted it never to end ... I am a true fan'' - Naomi Shihab Nye**Contains BONUS extract from Jane Godwin''s newest novel, WHEN RAIN TURNS TO SNOW**

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER''S LITERARY AWARDS 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS 2021A runaway, a baby and a whole lot of questions...Lissa is home on her own after school one afternoon when a stranger turns up on the doorstep carrying a baby. Reed is on the run - surely people are looking for him? He''s trying to find out who he really is and thinks Lissa''s mum might have some answers. But how could he be connected to Lissa''s family - and why has he been left in charge of a baby? A baby who is sick, and getting sicker ... Reed''s appearance stirs up untold histories in Lissa''s family, and suddenly she is having to make sense of her past in a way she would never have imagined. Meanwhile, her brother is dealing with a devastating secret of his own.A beautiful and timely coming-of-age story about finding out who you are in the face of crisis and change.''This book is a joy to read'' CBCA Judges reportPraise for Jane Godwin:''refreshingly unpredictable, bold and refuses to minimise the complex lives of [its] characters'' - Saturday Age on As Happy as Here''an empathetic exploration of family, friendship and how all our actions have consequences'' - Readings Monthly''gentle, well-written and thoroughly engaging'' - Adelaide Advertiser

A gripping and suspenseful rite-of-passage novel about five teenagers and one night that will change them all, from award-winning author Jane Godwin.''A brilliantly woven tale, deliciously tense from first page to last. This is classic unputdownable Godwin'' DAVINA BELL''It''s just a walk in the dark. What is there to worry about?''That''s what the head teacher, Johan, says. And so the Year Nines from Otway Community School set out on an overnight hike, with no adults.But doesn''t Johan know that a storm is coming?When five teenagers head in to the forest that late afternoon, none of them is aware what the night will bring. Each will have to draw on their particular strengths to survive. Each will have to face the unknown, battling the elements, events beyond their control, and their own demons. It''s a night that will change everything.Set in the rainforest of Victoria''s Otway Ranges, A Walk in the Dark is about friendship, trust, identity and family, consent and boundaries, wrapped in a compulsively readable, suspense-filled adventure.Five head into the forest, but will all five make it out?''Quality storytelling . . . gripping'' The Australian Women''s Weekly''Unique and intriguing'' Better Reading''Fantastically tense in places, A Walk in the Dark is a great read for all kids ages 11 plus'' Readings ''Suspenseful and exciting . . . Extremely engaging . . . highly relatable and real. This novel has everything to keep the audience enthralled. No reader will be able to put the book down until the very end'' ReadPlus''This is deft, intuitive writing, deeply sympathetic, non-judgemental, canny. Jane Godwin understands what it is to be a child or young person, what matters to them at different ages and stages. Importantly, she values these concerns, treats them with due respect and creates stories in which her book people mature and blossom through the overcoming of self-doubt and their fear of the new and unknown. Good lessons for adults there, too'' Living Arts Canberra