We Are All Made of Molecules – Susin Nielsen
30th May 2016, Random House Australia
336 pages, 3/5 stars
We Are All Made of Molecules fits so many big issues into its relatively few pages. It’s told from two perspectives – Stewart, who is a lovable, very intelligent, thirteen-year-old – and Ashley – Stewart’s new stepsister, slightly older, and completely angry at the world.
There is a fair bit of character development, which is lucky, because Ashley starts out as a completely rotten piece of work. Her parents’ marriage ended when her Dad came out as gay. She needed some time and space to process that, but he moved into their granny flat in the backyard! And now her Mum has invited her new boyfriend to move in, along with his dweeby son. Ashley is NOT HAPPY! She is also completely obsessed with her social standing at high school, and is determined to date the good-looking new boy. Read more
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