Amelia Westlake Was Never Here

Amelia Westlake Was Never Here | Erin Gough

Oh gosh, just steamed through this tale of a activist student and a goodie two shoes who accidentally team up to draw attention to some issues in the school and maybe, oops, fall in love on the process.

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Amelia Westlake Was Never Here | Erin Gough

I listened to this whole YA queer romance today while I was packing boxes in the kids‘ rooms (the big move is next week!).

It was super cute, and I love how the girls smashed the patriarchy at their posh private school (and how racism was called out as well).

Plus Australian accents on audio! 😍 #pridemonth #queerfiction

CarolynM I loved this one🙂 Glad you enjoyed it too. 3y

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Romantic comedies aren‘t my usual fare, yet I thoroughly enjoyed this Australian YA novel set in an exclusive high school in Sydney. An unlikely pair of lesbian teens use pranks to battle sexual harassment, homophobia and racism at their school, under the guise of a fabricated student. Alternating voices in the storyline are read by two #audiobook narrators. Uplifting #LGBTQ #YA #OzAuthor

Lindy Readalike (plus queer content) for readers who enjoyed

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

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batsy I enjoyed Disreputable History so I'm keeping an eye out for this! 4y

CarolynM I loved this one too. It was so sweet and funny. 4y

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Lindy @CarolynM I kept putting off reading this on account of the American cover (the hot pink one). I find the Australian cover (with the school hats seen from above) more appealing:

Amelia Westlake

Lindy @batsy The pranks have a more varied social conscience in Amelia Westlake, which I appreciated. 4y

CarolynM Yes, the Australian cover is cute, this one is a bit too much. Hope it doesn't put everyone off. 4y

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Lindy

Amelia Westlake Was Never Here | Erin Gough

Did some #audiocrafting yesterday. Playing with madder root dye.

Butterfinger I love seeing your crafts. 4y

Tanisha_A Oooh such colours 🍊 4y

Chrissyreadit Beautiful 😍 4y

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Freespirit Wow💕 4y

Lindy @Butterfinger @Tanisha_A @Chrissyreadit @Freespirit Thanks, friends! 😘😘😘😘 4y

saresmoore This is too cool, Lindy! I really enjoy seeing the fruits of your handiwork. 4y

Lindy @saresmoore Thanks Sara! 😘 4y

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Thanks to @littlebrownyoungreaders for this free ARC! Oh Amelia... Will and Harriet are two students attending a rich private school in Australia. Will clearly sees the wrongs of the way school admin handles things and Harriet is a to-the-T rule follower. Will‘s sarcastic ways enable her to get Harriet to see that maybe there are a few things at school that are not ok, like the Olympic swim coach harassing the all-female student body.

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