Pip Harry chats about homelessness in Sydney and the importance of finding empathy for others. We discuss friendship, personal growth and the writing process. A wonderful YA fiction novel that challenges our stereotypes and beliefs of the homeless.

Because of You has been shortlisted for the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Awards and the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards in 2018, and voted the Top 100 Great Reads by Australian Women - Readings Librarians' Choice - Book of the Month

Meet Tiny and Nola. Two very different girls with two very different stories who are just trying to find a place to belong. A powerful and compelling novel about friendship, love and acceptance.

Everyone has a story.

Tiny is an eighteen-year-old girl living on the streets in Sydney, running from her small-town past. At a temporary homeless shelter, she meets Nola, a high school student on volunteer placement. Both girls share their love of words through the Hope Lane writing group. Can they share their secrets, too?

Told through the eyes of both Tiny and Nola as they negotiate their way through homelessness, shifting friendships, betrayals, addiction and a little bit of romance, Because of You explores the vastly different coming-of-age stories of two girls who are learning to find their individual strengths.