Frankie and Joely
Nova Weetman

Frankie and Joely
Nova Weetman
Review
by Emily Gale
This is a novel that, in the current market, might be called ‘quiet’. For me it was as much of a page-turner as anything you’ll find on the YA shelves because it’s a generous, intense study of that most important subject: friendship.
Frankie and Joely, two city girls, go on holiday to an outback farm owned by Joely’s warm and welcoming aunt and uncle. Once in Joely’s territory their friendship is put to the test. Frankie is a mischief-maker, who hides her vulnerability like a pro, while Joely scowls resentfully in her shadow.
The author deftly hops between several different teenage heads. Although slightly dizzying at first, this turns out to be a brilliant device. As much as we sympathise with one girl because the other is physical perfection and turns every boy’s head, in the next breath we see how worthless that is for the beautiful girl who longs for family but only knows how to be desired. Two brothers, one tough and dominant, the other more sensitive, also get a useful point-of-view.
I found my teenage self in these pages, and wish that I had actually read a book like this at the time. Subtle and perceptive, for ages 13 and up.
Emily Gale is the Online Children’s Specialist, and a Children’s & YA author the rest of the time.
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