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A Flash in the Dust
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A gripping historical YA thriller, with a dash of queer romance. Think the bushranger version of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. 1899, Fremantle Asylum, Western Australia. For three years now, Gilberta Brady has kept quiet and stayed out of trouble, hoping to soon be released. But when...
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A gripping historical YA thriller, with a dash of queer romance. Think the bushranger version of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.
1899, Fremantle Asylum, Western Australia. For three years now, Gilberta Brady has kept quiet and stayed out of trouble, hoping to soon be released. But when Norah Devaney screams into the ward with revenge in her heart and a story no-one believes, Brady's carefully guarded peace is shattered.
On the run and out of options, they collide with Kedalak and Malkar, Nyungar brothers on their own journey home. They form an unlikely gang of bushrangers and embark on a dangerous mission—track down the man who killed Norah's mum.
But little do they know that the Whistling Man is hunting them too.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780702271090
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 June 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 1.0mm
Width: 1.0mm
Height: 1.0mm
Weight: 1g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Meg Caddy is a West Australian YA novelist with three published novels. Their first novel, a standalone YA fantasy titled Waer, was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award. Their second novel, Devil's Ballast, was longlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize (2020), and their third, Slipping the Noose, was longlisted for both the CBCA Book of the Year Award (2023) and the ARA Historical Novel Prize (2022). Meg identifies as nonbinary and asexual. In 2015 they completed an Honours degree in English/History, writing on the Golden Age of Piracy. They completed their PhD in Creative Writing in 2025. When they're not writing, elbows-deep in archives or chasing around their toddler, Meg plays an unhealthy amount of Dungeons & Dragons.
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