Miracle
Description
Boorunga's spate of sudden deaths has everyone twitching. It was her dad's new job at Compassionate Cremations which started the suspicions.
Miracle takes the full weight on her shoulders. Named because she was born in Australia's biggest-ever earthquake, Miracle, at 14, 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, a chain of devastating events is set off.
How can she convince the town of her dad's innocence?
'Ingeniously plotted, with the best combination of grit and quirkiness, Miracle is sure to become a fast favourite with a wide range of readers.' Catherine Robertson (No. 1 best-selling New Zealand author of Gabriel's Bay series)
'A crime thriller that has a wicked sense of humour and totally engaging characters ... comes high recommended' Stuff/Sunday Star Times
A teenage mystery book which will appeal to young adults and their parents. Winner of the Ngaio Marsh 2024 Best YA novel award and shortlisted for NZ Book Awards 2023. This is the author's second novel, both of which have been award-winners. Click the BUY NOW button to enjoy a heartbreaking, delightful and quirky family crime novel.
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Jennifer Lane lives in Wellington, New Zealand, with her husband and daughters, and feels equally at home in New South Wales, where she was born and Miracle is set. She burst onto the literary scene with All Our Secrets which won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel in 2018. An advertising copywriter, Lane is also an editor and advisor in a government agency.
