Running in Circles

Shivaun Plozza

• Publisher: University of Queensland Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9780702272660
• Year: 2026

When crop circles appear in Tully, North Queensland, twelve-year-old Dell knows it' s a hoax. She' s a future climate scientist who believes in facts, not science fiction. But Dell' s estranged mum is an extraterrestrial fanatic. She blusters back into town armed with alien conspiracy theories and a dazzling smile. If Dell can prove the crop circles are fake, surely her mum will hightail it out of Tully again, preferably before she causes Dell' s dad and three sisters further heartbreak. But as her mother' s claims grow more out of this world and alien fever takes over the country, Dell worries she' s fighting a lost cause. How can she convince anyone of the truth when they' re all so desperate to believe a lie?

Table of contents

• Cover
• Author Biography
• Also by Shivaun Plozza
• Title Page
• Imprint Page
• Dedication
• Chapter 1: Sunday 3 May
• Chapter 2: Sunday 3 May
• Chapter 3: Sunday 3 May
• Chapter 4: Monday 4 May
• Chapter 5: Monday 4 May
• Chapter 6: Thursday 7 May
• Chapter 7: Friday 8 May
• Chapter 8: Sunday 10 May
• Chapter 9: Tuesday 12 May
• Chapter 10: Saturday 16 May
• Chapter 11: Wednesday 20 May
• Chapter 12: Wednesday 20 May
• Chapter 13: Friday 22 May
• Chapter 14: Saturday 23 May
• Chapter 15: Saturday 23 May
• Chapter 16: Monday 25 May
• Chapter 17: Tuesday 26 May
• Chapter 18: Wednesday 27 May
• Chapter 19: Thursday 28 May
• Chapter 20: Saturday 30 May
• Chapter 21: Saturday 30 May
• Chapter 22: Monday 1 June
• Chapter 23: Monday 1 June
• Chapter 24: Wednesday 3 June
• Chapter 25: Thursday 4 June
• Chapter 26: Saturday 6 June
• Chapter 27: Saturday 6 June
• Chapter 28: Sunday 7 June
• Chapter 29: Monday 8 June
• Acknowledgements