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Deb Abela's REAL shortlistings for New City

May 30, 2020

Congrats to the amazing Deborah Abela on her latest REAL shortlistings -

YABBA, KROK and KOALA Awards

for

New City

Published by Penguin Random House, in paperback

For ages 8 - 13.

After surviving the floodwaters, sea monsters and sneaker waves of Grimsdon, Isabella and her friends escape to New City, a seemingly perfect world, with ornithopters, ice tornados and a brand new bad guy.

New City is the second book in the Grimsdon trilogy about kids living in a climate-changed world. You can read more about New City and see the trailer for the three books here.

What an incredible achievement to be so perennially popular with your readers - congrats yet again Deb!

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