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Stray

By Rebecca Fraser
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What happens when breaking the rules is the only way to find yourself? Fifteen-year-old Charli is a girl under pressure. When Year 10 exams push her to breaking point, she rebels – hard. But when a graffiti stunt goes too far and her friend, Nudge, is... Read More
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15-year-old Charli is a girl under pressure. What happens when that pressure is too much?

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What happens when breaking the rules is the only way to find yourself?

Fifteen-year-old Charli is a girl under pressure. When Year 10 exams push her to breaking point, she rebels – hard. But when a graffiti stunt goes too far and her friend, Nudge, is expelled, Charli is handed one last chance to turn things around: a week of community service at Rosevale Animal Rescue Centre. As Charli bonds with a wary stray cat, she realises that mistakes don’t define a person, and that compassion, accountability and courage can exist side by side.

Stray is an emotionally-rewarding contemporary Australian story about pressure, mistakes and second chances.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761113673

Publisher: Wombat Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Rhiza Edge

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 132

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Rebecca Fraser Young Adult

About the Author

Rebecca Fraser writes fiction for children and adults. Her work has won, been shortlisted for, and honourably mentioned for numerous awards including the Aurealis, Australian Shadows, Ditmars, and Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor’s Writing Award. Her publications include three middle grade novels, a collection of short fiction, and over sixty short stories, poems, and articles in various anthologies, journals, and magazines.

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