y separately published work icon The Ashbury/Brookfield Books series - author   novel   young adult  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 The Ashbury/Brookfield Books
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'These books are set at two imaginary highschools in the north-west of Sydney: exclusive, private Ashbury High, and dangerous, public Brookfield. The books are all written in letters, notes and diary entries. They are loosely connected and some of the characters wander between books, but they are also 'stand-alone' books, and you don't have to read them in order. They are: Feeling Sorry for Celia; Finding Cassie Crazy (The Year of Secret Assignments in the US); The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie (Becoming Bindy Mackenzie in the UK; and The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie in the US); and Dreaming of Amelia (The Ghosts of Ashbury High in the US).' (Author's website)

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y separately published work icon Feeling Sorry for Celia Jaclyn Moriarty , South Yarra : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2000 Z396327 2000 single work novel young adult

'Life is pretty complicated for Elizabeth Clarry. Her best friend Celia keeps disappearing, her absent father suddenly reappears, and her communication with her mother consists entirely of wacky notes left on the fridge. On top of everything else, because her English teacher wants to rekindle the "Joy of the Envelope," a Complete and Utter Stranger knows more about Elizabeth than anyone else.

'But Elizabeth is on the verge of some major changes. She may lose her best friend, find a wonderful new friend, kiss the sexiest guy alive, and run in a marathon. So much can happen in the time it takes to write a letter... ' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Finding Cassie Crazy Jaclyn Moriarty , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2003 Z1080111 2003 single work novel young adult 'Year 10 is pretty crazy for best friends Lydia, Cassie and Emily, and when their English teacher starts the Pen Pal Project so that they can experience the Joy of the Evelope with boys from the scary Brookfield High, life gets even crazier. As Lydia turns into a secret agent and Emily a relationship expert, it is not so clear what is happening to Cassie. She is writing to someone but not even her friends know what is going on.' - back cover
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y separately published work icon The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie The Life of Bindy MacKenzie Jaclyn Moriarty , Sydney : Pan , 2006 Z1266219 2006 single work novel young adult

'Bindy is the smartest girl at Ashbury High. She ranks in the 99.9th percentile in everything she does (including extra-curricular activities - she is casual Employee of the Month every month at Kmart). She is also the kindest girl at Ashbury High. For example:

'Before each school year begins, she memorises departmental outlines of her subjects. That way, she can gently prompt those teachers who forget or stray from the course.

'She reads up on common teen anxieties, and offers lunch-time advisory sessions in a relaxed, convivial setting (the locker room).

'But Bindy suspects that something may be missing - something more than the 0.1 she needs to make the 100th percentile. And, on the first day of Year 11, at the first session of the FAD (Friendship and Development) Project, her worst suspicions are confirmed. Nobody likes her. So Bindy makes a decision. Enough of this compassionate Bindy; she has been wasting her time. The real and ruthless Bindy is about to emerge.'

(Pan Macmillan website)

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y separately published work icon Dreaming of Amelia Jaclyn Moriarty , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2009 Z1649544 2009 single work novel young adult

'Dreaming of Amelia is the story of Amelia and Riley. They're bad kids from the bad crowd at bad Brookfield High, and they've just transferred to Ashbury. Brilliant, mysterious and probably evil, they have the rich kids at Ashbury spellbound. But just who are Amelia and Riley? Tantalisingly aloof, they are somehow managing to have an extraordinary impact on all the HSC Ashbury students, and the staff.

'Told through memoirs written as part of the gothic fiction elective in the HSC English exam, Dreaming of Amelia is a story about ghosts, secrets, madness, passion, locked doors, femme fatales - and that terrifying moment in the final year of high school when you realise that the future's come to get you.'

(Publishers' website.)

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Works about this Work

"There and Nowhere" : A Conversation with Jaclyn Moriarty Judith Ridge , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , September/October vol. 90 no. 5 2014; (p. 23-27)
"There and Nowhere" : A Conversation with Jaclyn Moriarty Judith Ridge , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , September/October vol. 90 no. 5 2014; (p. 23-27)
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