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The Haunting of Lily Frost
by Nova Weetman

This room holds secrets, and even if they are of the dark–frightening type, I love secrets more than anything else.

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Overview

When Lily Frost’s parents move her from the only home and best friend she’s ever known to a country town called Gideon, things are dire. Lily knows no one – but someone seems to know her. And that someone isn’t exactly the welcoming type.

Upon entering her new attic bedroom, Lily faints. Coming to, she’s overcome by the whispers of secrets. Determined to find out why, Lily is thrown into the path of cute local boy Danny. He’s not giving anything away, so it’s up to Lily to make sense of the watery footprints on her floor and the cold air that constantly seeps into her bones.

For Lily, life in this small town is about to get very interesting as she finds herself seeing things she thought belonged to the dead.

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Books+Publishing

‘[An] atmospheric debut. The novel’s mild supernatural chills are well balanced with real-world drama.’

Australian Book Review

‘Weetman’s deft, chilling prose moves us compulsively through this enthralling novel.’

Kids' Book Review

‘The Haunting of Lily Frost sent tingles up my spine at times … [it’s] a tale with a creepy premise and a satisfying end.’

Nova Weetman

Nova Weetman lives in Melbourne with her family. She has written for TV and is the author of many middle grade and young adult novels. The Secrets We Keep was shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Book Prize, the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards and the ABIA Awards. The sequel, The Secrets We Share, was a 2018 CBCA Notable Book and won the KROC Kids Reading Oz Choice Awards, NT – Best Fiction for Years 7 to 9. It was also shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. Nova’s middle grade novel Sick Bay was a CBCA Notable Book and shortlisted for the ABIA Awards. In 2022, The Edge of Thirteen won the ABIAs Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year and was a CBCA Notable Book: Younger Readers. In 2023, The Jammer was shortlisted for the ABIAs Book of the Year for Older Children. Nova's latest book is the adult memoir Love, Death & Other Scenes.