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Our book for April is: Gus and the Starlight by Victoria Carless!Liked it? Loved it? Didn't finish it? Come anyway!
The FALS Book Club is a no-shame book club, so grab a drink*, order something from the menu* and share your thoughts with fellow Australian literature lovers.
Please RSVP by Wednesday 24 April so we can confirm numbers at the venue.
*at bar/menu prices
From the publisher:
A spine-tingling and heart-warming story about friendship and finding your special place in the world.
Gus doesn't want to make friends. She also doesn't want to be intrigued by the cat-lady teacher at her new school, or the Riley's Comet project that she and her seaweed-eating science partner are working on together.
And she definitely doesn't want to fall in love with her job as the projectionist at the Starlight, a drive-in movie theatre that her family is reviving.
Because, knowing Gus's luck, she and her family could be moving on in a day, or a week, or a month. When the ghosts that haunt Mum catch up with them. Or if the Starlight doesn't succeed.
Then she'll have to say goodbye. Again.
And saying goodbye is too hard.
About the author:
Victoria writes works of fiction and for theatre. Her novel for young adults, The Dream Walker, was nominated for the Queensland Literary Awards and was a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable book for older readers.
Her first book for middle grade readers, Gus and The Starlight, was published in 2022, and was shortlisted for best children's fiction in the Aurealis Awards.
Lani and the Universe is her latest book. It celebrates the magic in nature, science and in our every day.
Victoria lives in Queensland with her family and a very silly cat.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Townsville Yacht Club, 1 Plume Street (off Palmer St),Townsville,QLD,Australia