A novel about love and the things you can and can't change, from the winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for young adult fiction. Nella closed her hand in the pocket of her dress, and she felt the feather against her fingers. 'I want to tell you something,' she said, and it did not matter that there was no reply. 'I want to tell you that he's coming home. . . and it's going to be like it was before he went away, before everything broke apart.' Nella waits for the swallows by the creek each spring. It's a secret vigil she's followed ever since her father left. This year she's going to take him with her . . . but can we ever return to the way things were?

It's true, there's something in the world called love. Esma felt it when she moved into the house with the blue stairs. There was Kara beside her, and Simon below with his room that looked out to the road - two roads actually so you had a choice as you were leaving or arriving, which way to take. But anyway, Esma at the beginning saw only one way. . .When Esma moves into 22 Starling Street, she knows she's come to the right place. A place to become someone new. A place to belong.As the seasons change, she finds herself falling deeper and deeper in love. But not in the way she expects. . .A remarkable new novel about friendship, trust and hope - and what it means to love.Visit betweenthelines.com.au - the destination for Young Adult books.

mia's heart made a sound that no one heard except for mialate one night when she woke from dreams into darkness.ethan was asleep beside her, and em was a forest away.outside it was night and dark and alaska.the sky was upside down.When Mia follows her sister halfway across the world to Alaska, she discovers that love can be found in the most unexpected and beautiful of places. But can Mia find the courage to follow her heart in Alaska? And what if the one you love is not all that you wish them to be?A lyrical new novel from the winner of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction with something in the world called love.