bowe 16-year-old Melbourne author Steph Bowe's debut YA novel - Girl Saves Boy is out this month and has been received very positively already.

Most impressive has been the book's endorsement by Rebecca Stead, author of the Newbery Medal-winning When You Reach Me, who has called the novel 'beautiful and fresh' and says 'Girl Saves Boy is full of the absolute truth—life is complicated. I could not put it down'.

You can read Steph's fantastic blog here and here's a sample chapter of Girl Saves Boy to whet your appetite as well.

Girl Saves Boy sample chapter