THE GIRL WHO CHASED OTTERS

242pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2021

Young adult novel.

When Olivia asks Nathan to help her become popular, he agrees. However, as she enters a world of gossip and bullying, they must both decide what they really want.

Sally Partridge is the author of the young adult novels The Witches of Hogsback, The Goblet Club, Fuse and Dark Poppy's Demise. She was awarded a South African Literary Award in 2019 and is a four-time recipient of the M.E.R Prize for Youth Fiction. For her contribution to youth literature, she was named one of Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans in 2011.