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'Life is made up of three parts: in the first third, you're embarrassed by your family; in the second, you make a family of your own; and in the end, you just embarrass the family you've made.
That's how Billy's grandmother explains it, anyway. She's given him her bucket list (cue embarrassment), and now, it's his job to glue their family back together.
No pressure or anything.
Fixing his family's not going to be easy and Billy's not ready for change. But as he soon discovers, the first third has to end some time. And then what?
It's a Greek tragedy waiting to happen.' (Publisher's blurb)
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- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Writing Their Way to Fame
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 April 2014; (p. 58) -
Review : The First Third
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2013; (p. 62)
— Review of The First Third 2013 single work novel -
[Review] The First Third
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of The First Third 2013 single work novel
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[Review] The First Third
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of The First Third 2013 single work novel -
Review : The First Third
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2013; (p. 62)
— Review of The First Third 2013 single work novel -
Writing Their Way to Fame
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 April 2014; (p. 58)
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted REAL Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- 2016 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards — Young Adult Fiction
- 2014 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2014 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 2014 winner Inky Awards — Gold Inky
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