The Stone Angel
'Across the years, the sea ebbs and flows as a character of its own, drawing tragedy, misunderstanding, love and forgiveness to the community at Half Moon Bay' - GOOD READING
'Scholes crafts her fiction with such care and subtlety' - WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
'A truly absorbing book filled with secrets and conflicts' - WOMAN'S DAY
'A beautifully descriptive read and a soul-searching take on human relationships' - NEW IDEA
'Scholes shows a rare ability to understand people in their specific geographical context and find within them the great surging passions of humanity' - SUNDAY TASMANIAN
'Full of passion, fine writing and interesting observations about the way potent events that help shape one generation have an impact on the next. Wonderful stuff' - AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY 'Book of the Month'
'Scholes has masterfully captured those fateful moments that can change the course of many lives 'The Stone Angel' touches the senses with its rich descriptions of coastal Tasmania and emerges as a lovingly crafted account of a home we can never run away from' - GOOD READING
The Rain Queen
'Utterly bewitching' - THE INDEPENDENT(France)
' A magnificant portrait of a passionate woman, a superb romantic saga. 'The Rain Queen' takes us into the spectacular landscape of Africa, to discover an unknown magical world.' - ELLE(France)
' With the subtley of Doris Lessing for the depiction of feminine nature and the vision of Karen Blixen in bringing alive a continent of dark ancestry and ancient cultures, the author of 'The Rain Queen' has given us an intense vision of grief, solitude and the comfort of strangers.' - 'Book of the Week' Michel Grisolla L'EXPRESS(France)
'Disturbing and enthralling - an authentic African voice, exotic and magical. An amazing book. Fabulous reading.' - MADAME FIGARO(France)
'This most moving book, whose every breath is a love-song for Africa and her people is a faultlessly woven cloth.' - LE MONDE - LITERARY SUPPLEMENT(France)
'3 out of 3 stars' - LE TRIBUNE(France)
'A superb novel.. wonderful reading' - WOMAN(Germany)
'Beautifull written, lively and sympathetic.. an adventurous and highly entertaining read.' - BOOKSHOW (Germany)
The Number One Bestseller - MIDI LIBRE(France)
Book of the Summer - LIRE(France)
Make Me An Idol
'Filled with surprises..' MACH MALPAUSE(Germany)
BOOK OF THE WEEK -DEI ZWEI
BOOK OF THE SUMMER - 'A superb novel' COTE FEMME(France)
The Blue Chameleon
'Brilliantly interwoven..'THE AGE
Winner of the Ethel Turner Prize - NEW SOUTH WALES LITERARY AWARDS
The Boy and the Whale
Shortlisted - The German Children's Literature Award 1991
Shortlisted - 1986 Junior Book of the Year, Children's Book Council of Australia
Winner - Best Children's Fiction 1986 Whitley Book Awards
Awarded 'Luchs 48' by the jury of the German weekly newspaper Zeit
Names 'Book of the Month' Radio Bremen
Selected - White Ravens International Youth Library - Munich