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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Green Valentine
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'When Astrid and Hiro meet they give each other superhero names. She's Lobster Girl and he's Shopping Trolley Boy. Not an auspicious beginning. But it gets better. Then it gets worse. Much worse. Classic romantic comedy: girl-meets-boy, love blossoms, and is derailed. Incredibly engaging, upbeat, funny and smart.

'Astrid Katy Smythe is beautiful, smart and popular. She's a straight-A student and a committed environmental activist. She's basically perfect.

'Hiro is the opposite of perfect. He's slouchy, rude and resentful. Despite his brains, he doesn't see the point of school.

'But when Astrid meets Hiro at the shopping centre where he's wrangling shopping trolleys, he doesn't recognise her because she's in disguise - as a lobster. And she doesn't set him straight.

'Astrid wants to change the world, Hiro wants to survive it. But ultimately both believe that the world needs to be saved from itself. Can they find enough in common to right all the wrongs between them?

'A romantic comedy about life and love and trying to make the planet a better place, with a little heartbreak, and a whole lot of hilarity.' (Publication summary)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2015 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 288p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 2015
      ISBN: 9781760110277

Works about this Work

Pick of the Crop for the Younger Reader Frances Atkinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 December 2015; (p. 30) The Saturday Age , 19-20 December 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of Sad, The Dog Sandy Fussell , 2015 single work picture book ; Mr Huff Anna Walker , 2015 single work picture book ; A River Marc Martin , 2015 single work picture book ; The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths , 2015 single work children's fiction ; Green Valentine Lili Wilkinson , 2015 single work novel ; Inbetween Days Vikki Wakefield , 2015 single work novel ; Cloudwish Fiona Wood , 2015 single work novel ; Illuminae Jay Kristoff , Amie Kaufman , 2015 single work novel ; The Flywheel Erin Gough , 2015 single work novel
Review : Green Valentine Lyn Linning , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 45)

— Review of Green Valentine Lili Wilkinson , 2015 single work novel
Diverse Pathways to Empathy Joy Lawn , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 November 2015; (p. 21)

— Review of Green Valentine Lili Wilkinson , 2015 single work novel ; Ugly Robert Hoge , 2015 single work autobiography ; The Beauty Is in the Walking James Moloney , 2015 single work novel
Review : Green Valentine Trisha Buckley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , August 2015;

— Review of Green Valentine Lili Wilkinson , 2015 single work novel
Review : Green Valentine Trisha Buckley , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , August 2015;

— Review of Green Valentine Lili Wilkinson , 2015 single work novel
Diverse Pathways to Empathy Joy Lawn , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 November 2015; (p. 21)

— Review of Green Valentine Lili Wilkinson , 2015 single work novel ; Ugly Robert Hoge , 2015 single work autobiography ; The Beauty Is in the Walking James Moloney , 2015 single work novel
Review : Green Valentine Lyn Linning , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 45)

— Review of Green Valentine Lili Wilkinson , 2015 single work novel
Pick of the Crop for the Younger Reader Frances Atkinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 December 2015; (p. 30) The Saturday Age , 19-20 December 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of Sad, The Dog Sandy Fussell , 2015 single work picture book ; Mr Huff Anna Walker , 2015 single work picture book ; A River Marc Martin , 2015 single work picture book ; The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths , 2015 single work children's fiction ; Green Valentine Lili Wilkinson , 2015 single work novel ; Inbetween Days Vikki Wakefield , 2015 single work novel ; Cloudwish Fiona Wood , 2015 single work novel ; Illuminae Jay Kristoff , Amie Kaufman , 2015 single work novel ; The Flywheel Erin Gough , 2015 single work novel
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