Butterfly (novel)

Butterfly
	First edition
Author	Sonya Hartnett
Language	English
Genre	Young adult novel
Publisher	Hamish Hamilton
Publication date	2 April 2009
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	224 pp (paperback, first edition)
ISBN	978-0-241-14446-6 (paperback, first edition)
OCLC	297800574
Preceded by	The Ghost's Child
Followed by	The Midnight Zoo

Last updated June 02, 2025

Butterfly is a 2009 young adult fiction novel by Sonya Hartnett about the troubled adolescence of Plum Coyle, set in 1980s Australian suburbia.^[1]

Hartnett uses the suburban landscape as inspiration for many of her books, including Butterfly.^[2]

Awards and nominations

2009 shortlisted, The Age Book of the Year Award — Fiction Prize
2009 highly commended, Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards — FAW Christina Stead Award
2009 shortlisted, Colin Roderick Award
2010 shortlisted, Miles Franklin Literary Award

References

↑ Greenlaw, Lavinia (2009-06-05). "Blooming youth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-06-01.
↑ McEvoy, Marc (2012-04-28). "There's no place like home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-06-01.

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[1] Greenlaw, Lavinia (2009-06-05). "Blooming youth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-06-01.

[2] McEvoy, Marc (2012-04-28). "There's no place like home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-06-01.

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v t e Works by Sonya Hartnett
Picture books	The Boy and the Toy (2010) Come Down, Cat! (2011)
Junior fiction	The Silver Donkey (2004) Sadie and Ratz (2008) The Children of the King (2012)
Teen and young adult fiction	Wilful Blue (1994) Sleeping Dogs (1995) The Devil Latch (1996) Princes (1997) All My Dangerous Friends (1998) Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf (1999) Thursday's Child (2000) Forest (2001) Surrender (2005) The Ghost's Child (2007) Butterfly (2009) The Midnight Zoo (2010)
Adult fiction	Trouble All The Way (1984) Sparkle and Nightflower (1986) The Glass House (1990) Black Foxes (1996) Of a Boy (2002) Landscape with Animals (2006) Golden Boys (2014)