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Part-thriller, part-queer romance, We Were Liars meets Station Eleven in this extraordinary young adult novel about love, grief and climate change from the award-winning author of Amelia Westlake.  CBCA HONOUR Book of the Year for Older Readers SHORTLISTED for DANZ Young Adult Book Award SHORTLISTED for Davitt Award for Young Adult Fiction 
Dear Iris,
If all goes well I will be in touch by this evening. If you hear nothing, contact Glassy Bay International Travellers Hostel and ask after me. Use our real names.
Your Mama xxx
Iris lives on the run with her mother, Rohan. Theyre travelling to escape the earthquakes, though of course thats impossible. And theyre being followed. One day, Rohan insists Iris repeat the phrase in bocca al lupo: into the mouth of the wolf. The next day, Rohan's vanished, leaving no clues about where shes gone besides a contact in an unknown town. Entirely alone and fearing the worst, Iris reaches out to a stranger for help.
When Lena gets Iris's message, she's busy panic-studying for year 12 and helping run her familys hostel. Shes intrigued by Iris, and cant deny theres a spark between them but shes also worried. A dead body has just washed up at the beach in Glassy Bay. And Lenas old best friend who's just returned after an unexplained absence seems to know something about it.
Missing people. Mysterious deaths. A growing attraction between two girls caught up in the search for the truth. Somehow, theyre all connected. But in order to find out how and in order to even meet each other Iris and Lena will have to go into the mouth of the wolf
With shades of We Were Liars and Station Eleven, this extraordinary young-adult novel explores love and grief in an uncertain climate from one of Australia's most talented writers.Read more from Erin Gough:

• Amelia Westlake
• The Flywheel