The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn

Kate Gordon

• Publisher: University of Queensland Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9780702264115
• Year: 2020

Lonely orphan Wonder Quinn lives in the attic of Direleafe Hall with only a gloomy crow for company. Every year she hopes to make a true friend and every year her heart breaks when she doesn't. But when a spirited new student, Mabel Clattersham, befriends her in class, Wonder's dreams seem to be coming true. As the girls grow closer, Wonder discovers her friend has a list of strange wishes: Throw a pie, leap into the sky, break someone's heart … What is Mabel's big secret? Can Wonder protect her heart from being broken all over again? The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn is an enchanting fairytale celebrating friendship, bravery and the importance of staying true to yourself.

Table of contents

• Cover
• This book belongs to
• Dedication
• Title page
• Chapter 1: First day
• Chapter 2: Ms Gallow’s classroom
• Chapter 3: Below the silver birch
• Chapter 4: Wonder’s home
• Chapter 5: Georgiana Kinch
• Chapter 6: Punishment
• Chapter 7: Hollowbeak’s warning
• Chapter 8: A surprise from the sky
• Chapter 9: Thieves
• Chapter 10: Dreaming
• Chapter 11: Telling truths
• Chapter 12: After Mabel leaped
• Chapter 13: Confrontation
• Chapter 14: Mabel was not there
• Chapter 15: Remembering
• Chapter 16: A whole week
• Chapter 17: The pie
• Chapter 18: More punishment
• Chapter 19: Mabel’s poem
• Chapter 20: Wonder’s poem
• Chapter 21: Candlelight shadows
• Chapter 22: Hollowbeak helps
• Chapter 23: Wonder’s secret
• Chapter 24: This moment, only
• Chapter 25: Hollowbeak watched
• Chapter 26: Ms Gallow’s discovery
• Chapter 27: Wonder and Mabel
• Chapter 28: Making marks
• Chapter 29: After
• Chapter 30: The end
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgements
• Author biography
• Imprint page