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y separately published work icon Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair single work   novel   young adult   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair Steven Herrick , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1996 Z536725 1996 single work novel young adult humour (taught in 2 units)

'Jack is an everyday sixteen-year-old boy. He’s obsessed with Annabel, sport and nose hair. He’s also obsessed with a ghost . . .

'There’s a ghost in our house in a red evening dress, black stockings and Mum’s slingback shoes. Her hair whispers over white shoulders as she dances through the rooms.

'A bittersweet comedy about the infinite promise of first love and the everlasting sorrow of grief, Love, Ghosts & Nose Hair was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers and New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards.' (Publication summary)

Children's Fiction Charles Sturt University 2009 (Semester 2)
y separately published work icon Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair Steven Herrick , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1996 Z536725 1996 single work novel young adult humour (taught in 2 units)

'Jack is an everyday sixteen-year-old boy. He’s obsessed with Annabel, sport and nose hair. He’s also obsessed with a ghost . . .

'There’s a ghost in our house in a red evening dress, black stockings and Mum’s slingback shoes. Her hair whispers over white shoulders as she dances through the rooms.

'A bittersweet comedy about the infinite promise of first love and the everlasting sorrow of grief, Love, Ghosts & Nose Hair was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers and New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards.' (Publication summary)

Children's Fiction Charles Sturt University 2011 (Semester 1, Semester 2)
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