Sunny doesn’t trust him and she’s beginning to lose faith in herself, too, especially when she starts to see her mother’s ghost. Theres the first meal, the first time you watch a TV show you both. Complications arise when Kevin becomes a suspect in the case and rumours begin to circulate. There are a lot of firsts to deal with when someone dies on you. She gets involved in the search for Dylan along the mysterious Constant Creek Gorge, a beautiful location tainted by tragic drownings. On her return to the small town of Kelly’s Crossing, Sunny is distracted by a new resident – Matthew Bright – and the disappearance of local teenager Dylan Koslovski. There are a lot of firsts to deal with when someone. Worse, she has to spend it with her distant stepfather, Kevin, the only ‘family’ she has left. A haunting and engaging debut from a talented Australian author. She knows it’s going to be a long summer.

She used to love visiting her grandmother’s farm but ever since her mother died in a tragic car accident, Sunny doesn’t feel at home anywhere anymore and the farm is a constant reminder of what she has lost. When she’s not writing short stories or young adult fiction she can be found with a whiteboard marker in one hand and a classic novel in the other, trying to inspire teenagers to love English as much.

Fiona Bell lives in tropical Cairns with her husband and four kids. Theres the first meal, the first time you. Sixteen-year-old Sunny Maguire is dreading the school holidays. Waterhole is a haunting and engaging debut from a talented LoveOzYA author. There are a lot of firsts to deal with when someone dies on you.

Genre: Fiction,Books,Young Adult,Coming of Age,Ī haunting and engaging debut from a talented Australian author.

Waterhole by Fiona Bell