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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Elsewhere Girls
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'It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say something like, ‘That’s not what I expect from a scholarship girl!’ because I have to be up for squad training in five hours and I’m not supposed to go near potato scallops, and—oh, yeah—it’s my fifth.

'Cat has recently started at a new school on a sports scholarship, and she’s feeling the pressure of early morning training sessions and the need for total commitment. Fanny loves to swim and she lives for racing, but family chores and low expectations for girls make it very hard for her to fit in even the occasional training session.

'Cat and Fanny have never met. They both live in the same Sydney suburb, but in different worlds, or at least different times: Cat in current-day Sydney, and Fanny in 1908. But one day, time slips and they swap places.

'As each girl lives the other’s life, with all the challenges and confusion it presents, she comes to appreciate and understand herself and the role of swimming in her own life.

'Narrated in alternating chapters by Cat and Fanny, Elsewhere Girls is a moving and funny story of two girls with a deep connection, one based on the Australian Olympic champion, Fanny Durack. It’s a fresh and engaging exploration of the challenges and pressures for young women growing up in the past and today.' (Publication summary)

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2021 .
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      Extent: 288p.
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      • Published 4 May 2021
      ISBN: 9781922330451

Works about this Work

One the Edge of Thirteen and Looking Forward Allison Paterson (interviewer), 2022 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 37 no. 1 2022; (p. 18-20)
[Review] Elsewhere Girls Belinda Brady , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 150 2022;

— Review of Elsewhere Girls Emily Gale , Nova Weetman , 2021 single work children's fiction
[Review] Elsewhere Girls Belinda Brady , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 150 2022;

— Review of Elsewhere Girls Emily Gale , Nova Weetman , 2021 single work children's fiction
One the Edge of Thirteen and Looking Forward Allison Paterson (interviewer), 2022 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 37 no. 1 2022; (p. 18-20)
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