Press

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Selection for the International Youth Library - White Raven Award - 2012

The Scent of Apples 
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The White Raven label is given to books that deserve worldwide attention because of their universal themes and/or their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design.

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​Independent Publisher Book Awards - Gold Medal - 2012 

The Scent of Apples 

With over 2000 independent authors and publishers participating from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Scent of Apples won gold in the Best Regional Fiction category for New Zealand and Australia.

http://booksellers.co.nz/book-news/first-time-author-jacquie-mcrae-wins-gold-new-york-book-awards

The New Zealand Listener - December 2011

The 50 Best Children's Books of 2011

The Scent of Apples - "Deeply Satisfying'

http://www.noted.co.nz/archive/listener-nz-2011/the-50-best-children-s-books-of-2011/

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Reviews

Stories On the Four Winds 
Time
"They're stories whose characters crackle with life, even when they're letting go of it. Try Jacquie McRae's broken young woman."
​- Brian Bargh, The New Zealand Herald

Stories On the Four Winds 
Time
"Resonant"
- Lisa Finucane, Radio NZ
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=201827662

The Scent of Apples 
"An exquisitely told first novel from this New Zealand Author...McRae has a talent for getting inside the mind of a young girl - and her writing has all the bitter-sweetness of those cider apples "
- Isobel Marriner and Sue Baxalle, Canvas Magazine, 2011 

The Scent of Apples 
" The setting is beautifully rendered and the characters, engaging"
"Agonizing to put down"
- Good Reads, 4.17 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12748598-the-scent-of-apples