Name: Shauna's Great Expectations
ISBN: 9781760631574

Kathleen Loughnan

A fresh and compelling novel about an Aboriginal scholarship student and her surprising final year of school.

Shauna's Great Expectations

Rani Jango

Really disliked this book and it's anti-abortion rhetoric that overshadowed what I think could have been an amazing addition to Australian YA. The market needs more YA books about Indigenous characters by Indigenous authors, but I couldn't find anything that stated Loughnan is Indigenous which seemed quite suspicious for me. There were far too many unrealistic reactions included in this novel. Many of the issues were not resolved and often just conveniently forgotten about.

Shauna's Great Expectations

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