SMOKE AND MIRRORS

Grace McKellon isn't a 'people person'. All she needs is her magic tricks and her wise-cracking grandmother until a new friend comes along and promises to make her a social media star. A wonderful and intriguing middle fiction novel from an internationally acclaimed, bestselling Australian author.

Grace only cares about two things: performing magic and her cantankerous gran. Gran shares her prickly personality and spiky sense of humour, and she's the only one Grace lets into her tightly locked heart until she meets Simon, an older student who promises to help her turn her magic tricks into a small business and social media stardom. When Gran is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Grace moves in to become her primary carer. With the help of Simon and some sleight of hand, Grace must do what she can to bring joy back into their lives. And when she confronts her worst fear, she realises maybe her heart doesn't need to stay locked away after all. A funny, compelling and thought-provoking story from the author of the bestselling books My Life As An Alphabet and A Song Only I Can Hear. Barry Jonsberg is the internationally popular author of 22 novels, for which he's won many awards, including: WINNER Victorian Premier's, Queensland Premier's, Gold Inky, Territory Reads, Adelaide Festival, German Readers' Choice Leserpreis, Children's Peace Literature Awards; SHORTLISTED CBCA (three times), Prime Minister's (twice), NSW Premier's, WA Premier's, Indie Awards. Barry's titles have been published in 18 countries, translated into 12 languages and My Life as an Alphabet was adapted into the award winning feature film H is for Happiness. Barry was also a high school teacher of English for 38 years.