Famous!: Aussie Chomps

Author: Julia Lawrinson

Sophie Callender wants to be famous so badly! When she is chosen for the hit TV game-show, MegaMatch, it looks as if her dream may come true.

But is being famous as good as it seems?

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Book Cover:  Losing It
To avoid Losing It in the bushes with some random guy in a heavy-metal T-shirt after too many tequila shots, four best friends make a bet: to lose it before schoolies week – and preferably in a romantic, sober way that they won't regret.\r\nWhat follows is a sometimes funny, sometimes awkward, but always compelling comedy of errors as Abby, Mala, Bree and Zoe each try to find their Mr Right . . . or at least get laid.\r\nA hilarious and thought-provoking novel by the award-winning author of Bye, Beautiful and The Push.\r\n 
To avoid Losing It in the bushes with some random guy in a heavy-metal T-shirt after too many tequila shots, four best friends make a bet: to lose it before schoolies week – and preferably in a romantic, sober way that they won't regret.\r\nWhat follows is a sometimes funny, sometimes awkward, but always compelling comedy of errors as Abby, Mala, Bree and Zoe each try to find their Mr Right . . . or at least get laid.\r\nA hilarious and thought-provoking novel by the award-winning author of Bye, Beautiful and The Push.\r\n 
Published: 21/03/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143205654
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Losing It
By Julia Lawrinson
Published: 21/03/2012
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742535029
Book Cover:  Chess Nuts
Published: 01/02/2010
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742530260
Book Cover:  Bye, Beautiful
She thought of Billy, and how he would never say 'Bye, beautiful' to someone like her, that likely no one would ever say anything like that to her in her life, and how she could not do anything to change any of it.

Sandy does not know if she would fit in anywhere, but she feels like a complete outsider in this hot wheatbelt town where her policeman father has just been transferred.

And then she meets...

She thought of Billy, and how he would never say 'Bye, beautiful' to someone like her, that likely no one would ever say anything like that to her in her life, and how she could not do anything to change...
Published: 01/05/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143003823
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Chess Nuts

A lighthearted novel for children about the game of chess.

Jackson is sporty and popular.

Anna doesn't like the sporty, popular people.

So when Jackson joins the chess squad, Anna does not initially welcome him. But Anna is about to learn some things about friendship, chess and physical fitness.

A lighthearted novel for children about the game of chess.

Jackson is sporty and popular.

Anna doesn't like the sporty, popular people.

So when Jackson joins the chess squad, Anna does not initially welcome...

Published: 01/02/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143304708
RRP: $16.95
Book Cover: The Push

Love is just about the only hold anyone can have over another person; if you have that, nothing else is necessary.

'Is she - was she with Johnno?' asked Erica.
'It doesn't work like that,' Trish said. 'It's more . . . fluid.'

Erica is restless for a life outside her office job, the man she dates and her mother's small house in the slummy inner city.

Love is just about the only hold anyone can have over another person; if you have that, nothing else is necessary.

'Is she - was she with Johnno?' asked Erica.
'It doesn't work like that,' Trish said...

Published: 05/05/2008
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742282695
Book Cover:  Bye Beautiful
She thought of Billy, and how he would never say 'Bye, beautiful' to someone like her, that likely no one would ever say anything like that to her in her life, and how she could not do anything to change any of it.

Sandy does not know if she would fit in anywhere, but she feels like a complete outsider in this hot wheatbelt town where her policeman father has just been transferred.

And then she meets...

She thought of Billy, and how he would never say 'Bye, beautiful' to someone like her, that likely no one would ever say anything like that to her in her life, and how she could not do anything to change...
Published: 01/05/2006
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742280851
Book Cover:  Loz & Al
Published: 09/02/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781920731243
RRP: $14.95
Published:31/08/2009
Format:Paperback, 104 pages
RRP:$12.95
ISBN-13:9780143304685
ISBN-10:0143304682
Origin:Australia
Publisher:Penguin Aus.
Imprint:Puffin

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08 Feb 2012
USBBY annual list of outstanding international books

Selected for the 2012 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults.

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