Claire Zorn - The Sky So Heavy

being top people and the bestest, most loyal friends.

A massive thank you to my agent Sheila Drummond and also the team at UQP for taking a punt on a newbie. Special thanks must go to the ever lovely Kristina Schulz for always being so encouraging and just downright lovely in general. Also to my editorial team: Cathy Vallance, Kristy Bushnell and especially Jody Lee, whose wisdom, very, very early on, helped make this story the book it is today.

Finally, thank you Mr Ghetzzi for teaching me that words on a page can have an extraordinary affect on their readers’ lives. And for making me read Heart of Darkness.

I’LL TELL YOU MINE Pip Harry

Kate Elliot isn’t trying to fit in.

Everything about her – especially her goth make-up and clothes – screams different and the girls at her school keep their distance. Besides, how can Kate be herself, really herself, when she’s hiding her big secret? The one that landed her in boarding school in the first place. She’s buried it down deep but it always seems to surface.

But then sometimes new friends, and even love, can find you when you least expect it.

So how do you take that first step and reveal yourself when you’re not sure that people want to know the real you?

‘I loved it. It has three of my favourite ingredients: boarding school, great characters, and a lot of heart.’

Melina Marchetta

‘What an angst-ridden, passionate and funny story!’

Good Reading

‘A beautiful debut told in a crisp, clear voice by an author who has expertly captured the struggle to find your identity, fall in love, and survive high school.’

Viewpoint

ISBN 978 0 7022 3938 0

About the Author

Claire Zorn lives on the south coast of New South Wales with her husband and two small children. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Post Graduate Diploma in writing. She is a music lover, retro furniture collector and amateur swim-club enthusiast.

Copyright

First published 2013 by University of Queensland Press

PO Box 6042, St Lucia, Queensland 4067 Australia

www.uqp.com.au

uqp@uqp.uq.edu.au

© Claire Zorn 2013

This book is copyright. Except for private study, research, criticism or reviews, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publisher.

Cover design by Jo Hunt

Cover photographs by iStockphoto and Dreamstime

Typeset in Adobe Garamond 12/16pt by Post Pre-press Group, Brisbane

Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group

Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

National Library of Australia

Zorn, Claire, author.

The sky so heavy / Claire Zorn.

ISBN 978 0 7022 4976 1 (pbk)

ISBN 978 0 7022 5140 5 (epdf)

ISBN 978 0 7022 5141 2 (epub)

ISBN 978 0 7022 5142 9 (kindle)

Nuclear winter – Juvenile fiction.

A823.4

University of Queensland Press uses papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The logging and manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.

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