The Museum of Broken Things

A humorous; beautifully observed YA novel about overcoming grief amid the vulnerability of high school relationships.

I didn't always live here. Not so long ago I was living in a thriving metropolis with more than one coffee shop on each block and four full bars of reception. I went to Heathmont High School; home to one thousand students; two best friends; a deeply average orchestra; and one cursed statue. Well; allegedly.

Reece still isn't used to living in the small beachside town of Hamilton- she misses her old school; her old friends and her old life. She can't go back and she can't move forward- nothing feels right anymore. Not that she's trying very hard-she hasn't even unpacked yet; and the only new friend she's made is a middle-aged barista.

But when Reece inherits a strange artefact that belonged to her beloved grandmother; she begins to unravel a mystery that might change the way she feels about everything around her; including her charismatic classmate Gideon...

A lively; witty novel about letting go of the past and finding your place in the world; The Museum of Broken Things introduces a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction.