It’s all a blur. All I remember is Dad following Constable Kelly across the one, two, three, four stepping stones that joined our front veranda to our driveway – and thinking, I’ve really done it now.
Born in the middle of Australia’s biggest-ever earthquake, Miracle is fourteen when her world crumbles. Thanks to her dad’s new job at Compassionate Cremations — which falls under suspicion for Boorunga’s spate of sudden deaths — the entire town turns against their family. Miracle is tormented by her classmates, even by Oli, the boy she can’t get out of her head. She fears for her agoraphobic mother, and for her angelic, quake-damaged brother, Julian.
When Oli plays a cruel trick on Miracle, he sets off a chain of devastating events. Then her dad is arrested for a brutal attack. Miracle takes the full weight on her shoulders. How can she convince the town of her dad’s innocence?
Winner of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best YA Book
Available in New Zealand from good book shops and Cloud Ink.
Available everywhere else from Amazon (ebook or paperback).
