Felicity Castagna

About the Author

Felicity Castagna is the author of The Incredible Here and Now, which made the IBBY Australia 2016 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Book List. Her other books include Small Indiscretions, and No More Boats. (Bowker Author Biography)

Includes the names: Felicity Castagna, Felicity Castanga

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Works by Felicity Castagna

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No more boats (2017) 34 copies

The incredible here and now (2013) 23 copies

Girls in Boys' Cars (2021) 11 copies

Small Indiscretions : stories of travel in Asia (2011) 7 copies

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Associated Works

The Book That Made Me (2016) — Contributor — 72 copies

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Gender: female
Nationality: Australia
Country (for map): Australia
Places of residence: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations: novelist
young adult writer
short-story writer
essayist
high school teacher

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Girls in Boys' Cars

I don't know about this book, but I felt it wasn't for me, due to the maturity of this book, and also the characters and the detailing weren't that impressive. 6/10

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Law_Books600 | 2 other reviews | Nov 3, 2023 |

Girls in Boys' Cars

This book was very disappointing, I thought I would enjoy it since it's a YA contemporary set in Australia, I didn't. The book starts off ok and intriguing, at first, I thought Rosa was alright. Eventually, it began to drag on and on, the setting was familiar but I couldn't relate to the characters.
The girls as time went on, became less likable.
After the ending, I'm guessing there's a sequel in the works?
However, I loved the diversity and the multicultural aspects of the story, it's nice to have a YA Aussie contemporary with multicultural aspects.
I just wish I had enjoyed the book.… (more)

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crazynerd | 2 other reviews | Mar 30, 2022 |

Girls in Boys' Cars by Felicity Castagna

How much does a teenage girl have to do before she’ll finally get noticed? This was a good, current read that I think our students will enjoy.

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Amzzz | 2 other reviews | Nov 28, 2021 |

No more boats by Felicity Castagna

Felicity Castagna has been gifted by more than one of the nine muses. She writes with such exquisite competence and mature insight. I loved this book which had, for me, the added benefit of a setting I grew up in.

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PhilipJHunt | 3 other reviews | Oct 15, 2021 |

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