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  In 2011, Hardie Grant Egmont decided to reserve a special corner of our YA list for publishing debut novels. We called it the Ampersand Project because we love to work collaboratively with writers, and we got really, ridiculously excited about it.

  Melissa Keil’s debut novel, Life in Outer Space, is the first book we’ve ever signed up through the Ampersand Project – and we can’t wait to publish lots more. If you’re serious about a career in YA fiction, then we’re serious about you.

  The Ampersand Project runs annually in spring/summer. We look for YA manuscripts from unpublished writers across all genres. Go to www.HardieGrantEgmont.com.au for more information, or visit our Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr:

  Twitter: @AmpersandYA www.facebook.com/AmpersandYA

  http://theampersandproject.tumblr.com/

  Watch this space for more brilliant debut novels from Hardie Grant Egmont and the Ampersand Project – a project that’s turning writers into authors.

  Life in Outer Space

  published in 2013 by

  Hardie Grant Egmont

  Ground Floor, Building 1, 658 Church Street

  Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia

  www.hardiegrantegmont.com.au

  eISBN 9781742739588

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers and copyright holders.

  A CiP record for this title is available from the National Library of Australia.

  Text copyright © 2013 Melissa Keil

  Illustration and design copyright © 2013 Hardie Grant Egmont

  Cover design by Stephanie Spartels