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Sonny & Tess

By Nova Weetman
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First job. First crush. But it's complicated. A sweet and charming middle-grade romance from bestselling and beloved author Nova Weetman. It's the end of year 7 and Tess wants a summer job. She's keen to earn her own money and buy her own clothes. But her... Read More
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First job. First crush. But it's complicated. A sweet and charming middle-grade romance from bestselling and beloved author Nova Weetman. It's the end of year 7 and Tess wants a summer job. She's keen to earn her own money and buy her own clothes. But her mum has other ideas- it looks like Tess will be stuck at home babysitting her twin brothers. Thirteen-year-old Sonny is tired of moving around. With his dad up north, he's staying with his uncle and aunt above their fish and chip shop. And it just so happens his uncle is hiring extra staff for the holidays. When Sonny and Tess crash into each other outside the shop, sparks and dim sims fly. Soon they're both wondering if the other feels the same way - but, as Sonny loves to say, it's complicated. Over hot chips and chicken salt, can these two work out what they really want? Perfect for readers 11 years and older, Sonny & Tess is a delightful, age-appropriate romance that will captivate fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780702268427

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: University of Queensland Press

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 231g

Pages: 256

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Nova Weetman Penguin Books Young Adult Young Adult Romance

About the Author

Nova Weetman lives in Melbourne with her family. She has written for TV and is the author of many middle grade and young adult novels. The Secrets We Keep was shortlisted for the Readings Children's Book Prize, the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards and the ABIA Awards, and was named a CBCA Notable Book. The sequel, The Secrets We Share, was a 2018 CBCA Notable Book and won the KROC Kids Reading Oz Choice Awards, NT - Best Fiction for Years 7 to 9. It was also shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. Nova's middle grade novel Sick Bay was a CBCA Notable Book, was shortlisted for the ABIA Awards and Japan's Sakura Medal, and won the YABBA Awards Fiction for Years 7-9. In 2022, The Edge of Thirteen won the ABIA Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year and was a CBCA Notable Book. In 2023, The Jammer was shortlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children and was a CBCA Notable Book. Nova's latest book is the adult memoir Love, Death & Other Scenes.

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