Clara in Washington
by Penny Tangey

Living in Washington D. C. is meant to be all politics, glamour and great conversations.

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Overview

But what do you do when you don’t have the words to join in, or the knowledge to ride the subway, or you’re scared someone will mug you and a million other disasters could be just around the corner?

For Clara, joining her mother on a three-month stint in Washington is her end-of-school adventure and a chance to be someone else other than the studious geek she’s always been. Although, starting an adventure is hard to do when you won’t leave the house.

But Clara didn’t count on meeting Campbell and his anarchist group and she didn’t count on her new discoveries threatening to unravel all her plans. Will she still be the same after Washington?

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Readings Monthly

‘A novel which manages to be both breezy and thought-provoking.’

Books+Publishing

‘Wrapped in a very entertaining coming-of-age story, this is a fun read, but also quite a thoughtful one.’

Australian Book Review

‘Much of the humour is generated through insightful observations of people and their pretensions.’

Penny Tangey

Penny Tangey writes humorous books for young people. Her most recent book, As Fast As I Can, won the Readings Children’s Book Prize 2021 and The Griffith University Children's Book Award at the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards. Penny studied Arts/Science at Melbourne University majoring in Chemistry and Indonesian. While at university Penny performed stand-up comedy, including in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Penny now works as a researcher for television quiz shows Hard Quiz and The Chase, but is still terrible at trivia.