Jetty Rats

Author: Phillip Gwynne

Dogleg Bay is one big retirement home; the richest man in town – the funeral director – drives a hotted-up hearse.

Hunter Vettori is thirteen, and longs to catch a record-breaking mulloway, leave Dogleg Bay, and become bigger then Rexy Hunt.

On the way, maybe he'll get to kiss a girl (there's only two to choose from and they're twins), save his mum from getting a really bad tatt and find out if Target really has a section called Christian Smart Casual.

But, above all, Hunter wants his father back.

Jetty Rats is a fast, funny, insightful and moving novel that will make you laugh out loud and perhaps want to go fishing!

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Book Cover:  Escape From Kids' Club: Pocket Money Puffins
Max, Lily, Boaz and Jesse are stuck in Kids' Club at an island resort, forced to watch endless Pirates of the Caribbean re-runs while their parents relax by the pool.
Max, Lily, Boaz and Jesse are stuck in Kids' Club at an island resort, forced to watch endless Pirates of the Caribbean re-runs while their parents relax by the pool.
Published: 27/09/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143305620
RRP: $7.95
Book Cover:  Escape From Kids' Club: Pocket Money Puffin
Published: 22/09/2010
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742531328
Book Cover:  Deadly, Unna?
'Deadly, unna?' He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel...
'Deadly, unna?' He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile...
Published: 04/05/1998
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141300498
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Swerve
Published: 31/08/2009
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742286587
Book Cover:  Swerve

One of the country's finest young cellists, 16 year-old Hugh Twycross has a very bright future. A future that has been mapped out by his parents, his teachers, by everybody, it seems, except Hugh Twycross.

Hugh has a secret, though: he loves cars and he loves car racing. When his newly discovered grandfather, Poppy, asks him to go on a road trip to Uluru in his 1970 Holden HT Monaro, Hugh decides...

One of the country's finest young cellists, 16 year-old Hugh Twycross has a very bright future. A future that has been mapped out by his parents, his teachers, by everybody, it seems, except Hugh Twycross...

Published: 31/08/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143009337
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: A Chook Called Harry: Aussie Bites

There are ten chooks in the beautiful new chook-house, but Chris's favourite, Happy Harry, isn't pulling her weight.
Can Chris save Harry when his dad wants to get rid of her?

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There are ten chooks in the beautiful new chook-house, but Chris's favourite, Happy Harry, isn't pulling her weight.
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Published: 30/03/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143303473
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover:  Nukkin Ya
Nukkin Ya is the sequel to Deadly, Unna? . Fifteen-year-old Gary Black, 'Blacky', isn't sure what he wants or where he is going. The one thing he does know is that he wants to escape the small country town he's grown up in.
Nukkin Ya is the sequel to Deadly, Unna? . Fifteen-year-old Gary Black, 'Blacky', isn't sure what he wants or where he is going. The one thing he does know is that he wants to escape the small country...
Published: 01/08/2000
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25 May 2012
Australian Society of Authors 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award - winner

All That I Am by Anna Funder has won the Barbara Jefferis Award.

The award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”.

Anna beat fellow Miles Franklin contenders Foal's Bread and Cold Light.

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