Adele Broadbent
Adele Broadbent is a New Zealand children's author.Biography
Broadbent was born in Napier, New Zealand, on 17 April 1968.Work
Broadbent's early book publications include The Bike Race, Ninjas!, Not Exactly, The Biggest Catch and The Winner Is.
Too Many Secrets was nominated in the 2011 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. The story was one of Broadbent's first novels for children and young adults. One reviewer found the main character, Rebecca, too selfish to be likeable at first, but then became engrossed in the mysteries Rebecca encounters in her new home in the country.
Just Jack deals with the eruption of Mount Tarawera as part of the plot. The story borrows from Broadbent's own family stories, told by her grandfather. New Zealand Books calls Broadbent's writing in Just Jack "fresh, convincing and distinctive." It was named a Storylines Notable Book in 2012, and a 2012 New Zealand Children's Book Awards Junior Fiction finalist.
Trouble in Time was shortlisted for the LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award, and was named a Storylines Notable Book in that year.Books
- Ninjas!, 2008, New Zealand, Wendy Pye Publishing
- The Bike Race, 2008, New Zealand, Wendy Pye Publishing
- The Biggest Catch, 2009, New Zealand, Wendy Pye Publishing
- The Winner Is, 2010, New Zealand, Wendy Pye Publishing
- Too Many Secrets, 2010, New Zealand, HarperCollins Publishers
- Just Jack, 2011, New Zealand, HarperCollins Publishers
- The Last Herrick Secret, 2012, New Zealand, AV Project
- Trouble in Time, 2014, New Zealand, Scholastic
- Between, 2018, New Zealand, OneTree House
