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Karen Healey
Karen Healey was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, and has lived in lots of places since, including Oamaru, Christchurch, Tokyo, Fuchu, and Melbourne.She is the author of the award-winning young adult urban fantasy, "Guardian of the Dead", "The Shattering", "When We Wake," and "While We Run".She... show more

Karen Healey was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, and has lived in lots of places since, including Oamaru, Christchurch, Tokyo, Fuchu, and Melbourne.She is the author of the award-winning young adult urban fantasy, "Guardian of the Dead", "The Shattering", "When We Wake," and "While We Run".She likes baking, "World of Warcraft", and tripartite sentences. She used to want to be a dinosaur-hunting cowgirl, but it turned out she was much better at being a teacher, so she does that instead.
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rated it 10 years ago
Title: While We RunSeries: When We Wake #2Author: Karen HealeyFormat: Hardback, 336 pagesRating: 4.25 starsRecommend it to: Science Fiction fans :] Goodread's Bio: Abdi Taalib thought he was moving to Australia for a music scholarship. But after meeting the beautiful and brazen Tegan Oglietti, his...
ambyr
ambyr rated it 10 years ago
Another earnest novel, but with enough plot (and thoughtful characterization) to balance out its more lecturey moments. The writing occasionally rose above serviceable to reach something numinous, particularly in the descriptions of how the world looked to those who could see myth overlaid on realit...
Books for a Delicate Eternity
Books for a Delicate Eternity rated it 11 years ago
A copy of this novel was provided by Allen and Unwin in exchange for an honest review. While We Run was so completely different to When We Wake. For one, our protagonist is Abdi, not Tegan. And boy do I have a lot to say about this boy. Abdi’s character voice in While We Run is possibly one of t...
Books for a Delicate Eternity
Books for a Delicate Eternity rated it 11 years ago
A copy of this novel was provided by Allen and Unwin in exchange for an honest review. To be entirely honest, I take some comfort in reading about horrible futures and dystopian societies in other countries. Not because I am a sadist and relish in their downfall. No, it’s just like: aw, yeah, Aust...
William's Book Blog
William's Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
This is my benchmark for the SFWA 2014 Nebula YA category (aka Andre Norton). It's a good start, with an interesting premise, which I don't regard as a spoiler, as it's on the front cover, that the protagonist, Tegan, is brought back to life after being killed and frozen. The book - set in Austra...
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