Making Trouble #2: A Good Kind of Trouble

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Authors
Brooke Blurton, Melanie Saward
Publisher
Harper Collins (US)
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
31 March, 2026
ISBN
9781460761502

Making Trouble #2: A Good Kind of Trouble

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Book Overview Author Info and Events Accessibility facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonpinterest sharing buttonsharethis sharing button About the Book A brilliantly warm-hearted NEW book from Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward, a follow-up to A Good Kind of Trouble.Things don't always go to plan. I should be at the Australian Ballet School. But instead, here I am, boarding and going to school hundreds of kilometres away from home, but I feel even further away from my dreams. At least I've got Jamie ... that part's deadly. Until she finds out my secret.Stella is nervous about another new city, a new school and new friends. Her love for ballet - and Jamie - pulls her forward, but fear threatens to drag her back home.It's only when she thinks she's lost everything that Stella starts to see what she's been missing. Maybe she can shine - in class, on stage and in her own story - and make her family and Jamie proud.Brooke Blurton, proud Noongar-Yamatji woman and Australian TV star, and Melanie Saward, proud Bigambul and Wakka Wakka woman and acclaimed author, have created a heartfelt story of friendship, rivalry, ballet, footy, secrets, and believing in a future big enough to hold all your dreams.
Brooke Blurton
About the author

Brooke Blurton

Brooke Blurton is a proud Noongar-Yamatji woman and broke records as the first Indigenous and bisexual Bachelorette for Network Ten's reality television franchise. Brooke is a passionate mental health advocate and champion of young people, especially First Nations and queer youth, and all people of colour. Brooke developed her passion for mental health advocacy as a youth worker by reflecting on her own challenging journey and educating young people about essential life skills, including Aboriginal Mental Health First Aid. Brooke is an RUOK Ambassador, supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart via the Uluru Youth Network, and is a champion for LGBTIQ groups. She lives in Melbourne.

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Melanie Saward
About the author

Melanie Saward

Melanie Saward is a proud descendant of the Bigambul and Wakka Wakka peoples. She is a Tulmur (Ipswich) based writer, an associate lecturer in creative writing at QUT, and a PhD student.Melanie's writing has been published in Flock – First Nations Stories; Kill Your Darlings, Overland, Scum Mag, and Verity La. She has been shortlisted for the Kuracca Prize and the David Unaipon Award and received highly commended mentions in the Boundless Indigenous Mentorship, the Harlequin First Nations Fellowship, and the Calibre Essay Prize.

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