The Third Space series is a unique project designed in response to the Australian Curriculum's inclusion of the key elements of diversity competence: intercultural and ethical understanding, personal and social capability, and critical and creative thinking. Comprised of thirteen novellas, The Third Space aims to equip students with the requisite understandings, skills, attitudes and dispositions to deal with difference through reading stories focussed on young protagonists. This series takes students on an introductory journey out of their own world and into the intriguing world of human diversity. Students are given a unique opportunity to step out of their own space and into 'the third space' ' a space where people of different cultural, racial and belief systems are understood and respected. The novellas provide the conceptual tools and imaginative space to help students discover and participate in this 'third space' where multi-culture and multi-faith are key components of a society that is rich, harmonious and inclusive. Julia's friend has disappeared; Rose isn't there anymore. She's somewhere, but never there. Julia's unblocked her on Facebook, but that hasn't helped. You see, something has really come between them. If only she could get a message through. If only there was really something there. It's like she's looking into the opposite of a mirror, whatever that is. She hates mirrors, but there are worse things. There are mirrors that look back. So Julia starts writing a story. She disappears. But disappearing's easy, coming back is the hard part.