Time travel and mystery in a story that hooks the reader, Ashika Hira
Faraway Girl
Fleur Beale
Penguin Random House New Zealand
2022
May 23, 2022
Faraway Girl is another one of Fleur Beale’s wonderful novels. It follows Etta and Constance as they jump back and forth through time, trying desperately to save Etta’s brother and find a way to return back to their own times.
Etta starts to feel funny around the same time that her brother starts ‘fading.’ She thinks it will pass but the feeling gets worse, almost as if the world is being torn apart, and Jamie isn’t getting any better. They’ve been to see doctors and specialists but no one can figure out what is wrong with him. Read more