Kate Hendrick

When Lindsay meets Elias, the signs aren’t promising. She’s a grungy introvert who doesn’t want to talk to anyone. He’s a teen fashionista who can’t shut the hell up. But since Lindsay tracked down a runaway kid, word’s got around that she knows how to find people. And Elias is looking for his birth mother. He has money, and Lindsay’s...

Beloved Australian YA author Kate Hendrick's new novel deftly examines Australian ideas of masculinity for a teenage audience. Finn the Swimmer. Finn the Winner. Finn who works hard and pushes through and never gives up. Or just Finn. And whatever Finn could be. Life is pretty simple for fifteen-year-old Finn—just keep following the black line in the pool. But in...

In this impressive and beautifully written debut, Kate Hendrick sets the butterfly effect in motion. The moving stories of three teenagers going through crucial changes—before, after, and around the accident—show how random actions acquire significance. How one pivotal moment could transform your life and you might never know; how what you do truly matters.