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'Seventeen-year-old Delilah’s crazy life is about to get crazier. Ever since her father took off overseas, she’s been struggling to run the family’s cafe - The Flywheel - without him and survive high school. But after a misjudged crush on one of the cool girls, she’s become the school punchline as well.
'With all that’s on her plate she barely has time for her favourite distraction - spying on the beautiful Rosa, who dances flamenco at the tapas bar across the road. Only her best friend Charlie knows how she feels about Rosa, but he has romantic problems of his own. When his plan to win an older woman’s heart goes horribly wrong, Del is the only one who can help Charlie stay out of jail.
'All this leaves Del grappling with some seriously curly questions. Is it okay to break the law to help a friend? How can a girl tell another girl she likes her without it ending in humiliation and heartbreak? And - the big one - is it ever truly possible to dance in public without falling over?' (Publication summary)
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Pick of the Crop for the Younger Reader
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 2015 single work picture book ; Mr Huff 2015 single work picture book ; A River 2015 single work picture book ; The 65-Storey Treehouse 2015 single work children's fiction ; Green Valentine 2015 single work novel ; Inbetween Days 2015 single work novel ; Cloudwish 2015 single work novel ; Illuminae 2015 single work novel ; The Flywheel 2015 single work novel -
The Flywheel by Erin Gough
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , January 2015;
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel -
Girls, Disrupted : Three New Young Adult Novels
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 67)
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel ; A Small Madness 2015 single work novel ; For the Forest of a Bird 2015 single work children's fiction -
Review : The Flywheel
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 30 no. 1 2015; (p. 39)
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel -
Review :The Flywheel
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , March 2015;
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel
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Review :The Flywheel
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , March 2015;
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel -
Review : The Flywheel
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 30 no. 1 2015; (p. 39)
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel -
Girls, Disrupted : Three New Young Adult Novels
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 67)
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel ; A Small Madness 2015 single work novel ; For the Forest of a Bird 2015 single work children's fiction -
The Flywheel by Erin Gough
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , January 2015;
— Review of The Flywheel 2015 single work novel -
Pick of the Crop for the Younger Reader
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 2015 single work picture book ; Mr Huff 2015 single work picture book ; A River 2015 single work picture book ; The 65-Storey Treehouse 2015 single work children's fiction ; Green Valentine 2015 single work novel ; Inbetween Days 2015 single work novel ; Cloudwish 2015 single work novel ; Illuminae 2015 single work novel ; The Flywheel 2015 single work novel
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
- 2016 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2016 shortlisted Inky Awards — Gold Inky
- 2016 selected White Ravens
- 2014 winner Ampersand Prize