Publisher's synopsis
Maisie has always dreamed of meeting her hero, Kara Bufano, an amputee actor who plays a kick-arse amputee character in her favourite show. Fancon is big and exciting and exhausting. Then she meets Ollie, a cute volunteer who she has a lot in common with. Could this be the start of something, or will her mum, who doesn’t seem to know what boundaries are, embarrass her before she and Ollie have a chance?
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Awards
- Comic Arts Awards of Australia (Shortlisted 2022)
- Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year (Notable Book 2022)
- ALIA Graphic Novel of the Year (Shortlisted 2021)
Jessica Walton is a picture book author, teacher, parent, daughter of a trans parent, and proud queer, disabled woman. They wrote Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship to help explain gender identity in a simple, positive way to their kids. Introducing Teddy began as a Kickstarter project, but has now been published in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia by Bloomsbury. It has also been translated into nine other languages. Jess lives in Pakenham, Victoria, with their wife, kids and cat.
Photo courtesy of Fremantle Press
Aśka is creative dynamite. She’s an award-winning graphic novelist, an ex-quantum physicist, and a big fan of the little doovalacky above the ‘s’ in her name (which you pronounce ‘Ash-ka’).
A hugely engaging and popular presenter, Aśka is passionate about visual literacy. She has published more than ten books and graphic novels. Her recent titles include the CBCA Notable (2022) YA graphic novel Stars in Their Eyes, which was bought by Scholastic US in 2022. Stars in Their Eyes has also been nominated for the 2022 Comic Arts Awards of Australia and the 2022 ALIA Graphic Novel of the Year and made the ALIA Graphic Novel Notable List (2021). She is also a recipient of several government Arts grants, prizes, and the May Gibbs Fellowship.
Photo by Emanuel Rudnicki, courtesy of Fremantle Press
