Amelia Westlake

Amelia Westlake

Erin Gough

Illustrator

Jess Cruickshank

Publisher

Hardie Grant Egmont

Publication Year

2018

ISBN

9781760127152

Pages

348 pages

Genre

realism

Format

novel

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

Harriet Price has the perfect life: she's a prefect at Rosemead Grammar, she lives in a mansion, and her gorgeous girlfriend is a future prime minister. So when she decides to risk it all by helping bad-girl Will Everhart expose the school's many ongoing issues, Harriet tells herself it's because she too is seeking justice. And definitely not because she finds Will oddly fascinating. Will Everhart can't stand posh people like Harriet, but even she has to admit Harriet's ideas are good - and they'll keep Will from being expelled. That's why she teams up with Harriet to create Amelia Westlake, a fake student who can take the credit for a series of provocative pranks at their school. But the further Will and Harriet's hoax goes, the harder it is for the girls to remember they're sworn enemies - and to keep Amelia Westlake's true identity hidden. As tensions burn throughout the school, how far will they go to keep Amelia Westlake - and their feelings for each other - a secret?

Grade Level

9-12

Diversity Topics

Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Separation; Race discrimination; Gay/Lesbian; Bisexuality; separated parents; racism; lesbian; lesbian teenagers; same-sex relationship; bisexual teenager

Main Character

female teenagers

Race/Ethnicities

White

Family Formation

separated mother and father; mother and father

LGBTQ+

lesbian females; bisexual female

Awards

Indie Book Awards, 2019, Short List, Young Adult
Queensland Literary Awards, 2018, Short List, Young Adult Book
Readings Young Adult Book Prize, 2018, Winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, 2019, Short List, Young Adult

Keywords

private school; high school; injustice; friendship; feminism; sexual harassment; hoax; privilege; swimming; Australia

Diversity Impact

indirect

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