> Skip to content
Play sample
  • Published: 1 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9781761043789
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $21.00

Dear Greta




When everything seems to be going wrong, sometimes you just have to stand up for what you believe in, even if it's just in your own little corner of the world ...

This was meant to be Alice's year to shine, but things are already going wrong...

At school, she's given young environmental activist Greta Thunberg as her pen pal for a fictional writing assignment. Why couldn't Alice get someone easy to write to, like a pop star?

Then she's put in charge of taking the Harmony Day Food Fair online, which seems impossible, especially when she is teamed up with the most annoying boy in her school.

As if she didn't have enough on her plate, Alice gets kicked out of her bedroom by her grandmother coming to stay. And no matter what Alice does, she'll never be able to live up to her infuriating big sister's achievements, right?

Through her letters to Greta, Alice finds herself opening up about her life. And as Alice approaches the hard questions by wondering, 'What would Greta do?', she starts to believe that she can make a difference - a big one.

  • Published: 1 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9781761043789
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $21.00

About the author

Yvette Poshoglian

Yvette Poshoglian is the author of over forty books for children and young people, including the bestselling Ella and Olivia series. Born and raised in Sydney, Yvette taught secondary English in southwest Sydney and now manages major education projects for the NSW Department of Education. Currently she works at the intersection of pedagogy, technology and innovation with the Technology 4 Learning team at the NSW Department of Education. Many of the STEM and technology developments occurring in schools around NSW are captured in Dear Greta. Yvette has loads in common with her character Alice Boghosian, apart from Alice’s horrible nickname.

Praise for Dear Greta

Highly recommended.

Sandy Fussell, The Sunday Telegraph

This is an outstanding novel for younger readers who will delight in the characters and be immersed in the story.

Rodney Hrvatin, Glam Adelaide

Awards & recognition

Karajia and Environment Awards for Children's Literature

Shortlisted  •  2023  •  Fiction