Sanctuary

Winner of the NZ Post Children's Book Awards, this compelling novel explores truth and lies, guilt, grief and love.

'So where does the truth lie?' said Jeremiah.
'Huh, truth lies. Truth lies,' I said, giving up before I started, knowing I could never explain.

Months after her life has been brought to a standstill, Catriona Stuart is embarking on a painful search for the truth. The truth about her boyfriend, Jeremiah, and his dangerous brother Simeon. The truth about her mother, about her past, and most of all about herself and her secret and why her world fell apart.

About the Author

Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand’s most loved authors, whose short fiction, novels and picture books engage children, teenagers and adults alike. The author of the phenomenal The 10 PM Question, which has been published extensively overseas, she is a two-time winner of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year Award. The 10 PM Question won Book of the Year and Best Young Adult Fiction in the 2009 New Zealand Post Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Awards, was a runner-up in the 2009 Montana NZ Book Awards, and won the Readers’ Choice Award.

It was a finalist in the LIANZA Children’s Book Awards for the Esther Glen Award, was shortlisted for the Nielsen BookData NZ Booksellers’ Choice Award, and was selected for the 2009 edition of the prestigious international catalogue The White Ravens. She has a regular spot reviewing children’s books on Saturday Mornings with Kim Hill on National Radio.