

She is also a school librarian, and she is passionate about the role libraries and literature play in the wellbeing of young people.

Karys McEwen is the current president of the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Soon, Bertie’s not even sure she’ll have one friend by the end of the summer.Īll the Little Tricky Things is a charming, heartfelt novel about a time when everything is changing, and a girl who’s trying to make sense of it all. They start working through the list together, only to find that some of the cracks in their friendship are beginning to show.

To help her feel better prepared for high school, her best friend, Claire, makes a list of tasks Bertie has to complete over the summer. Next year she’s going to a high school in the city, while all her friends stay behind in Merri, the small town she’s lived in all her life. It’s the start of the summer holidays and twelve-year-old Bertie is worried.
