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An award-winning young adult novel that explores themes of identity, adolescent alienation and the rites of passage. Australian teenager Dan Bancroft had a choice to make: go to Geneva with his parents for a year, or move into a house with his bass-playing aunt Jacq and her beautiful friend Naomi. He chooses the latter, and spends his last year of high school living with twenty-two-year-old Jacq. He develops a crush on Naomi, whose active lovelife is audible through the wall between their bedrooms.
Ages 15+.
(Source: Trove)
Ages 15+.
(Source: Trove)
Adaptations
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48 Shades of Brown Strawberry Hills : Currency Press La Boite Theatre , 2001 Z920516 2001 single work drama young adult humour
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48 Shades ( dir. Daniel Lapaine ) 2006 Australia : Prima Productions , 2006 Z1293937 2006 single work film/TV humour Sixteen year old Dan must choose between going to Geneva with his parents for a year or moving into a house with his young Aunt Jacq and her roommate, Naomi. He chooses the latter and, in his final year of school, has to come to terms with survival in an adult world and falling in love for the first time.
Reading Australia
This work has Reading Australia teaching resources.
Unit Suitable ForAC: Senior Secondary English (Unit 2); Year 11 English Standard (Module B)
Duration6 weeks
Curriculum Summary
Australian Curriculum content descriptions and NSW Syllabus outcomes
Themes
belonging, challenging expectations, coming of age, Education, family, friendship, gender, growing up, identity, knowledge, love, masculinity, relationships, representations of women, role of women, romance, sex, sexuality
General Capabilities
Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Literacy, Personal and Social Capability
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- The '48 Shades Virtual Tour' was available at http://www.nickearls.com/browntour.html (sighted 21/05/10; not available 24/01/12)
- Braille
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Write Stuff
2014
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 June 2014; (p. 4-5) 'Nick Earls returns to his comedic roots in a nostalgic novel that mines the angst of living in the 21st century...' -
Untitled
2006
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— Appears in: Books from Our Backyard : Must-Read Books from Queensland 2006; (p. 86)
— Review of 48 Shades of Brown 1999 single work novel -
Author Comes Out of the Shade
2006
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 August 2006; (p. 23-24) -
Mature Face of Aussie Lad Lit
2006
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— Appears in: The Age , 15 July 2006; (p. 12) -
Nick Flick Hope
2004
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 December 2004; (p. 40)
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Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 43 no. 4 1999; (p. 37)
— Review of 48 Shades of Brown 1999 single work novel -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 14 no. 4 1999; (p. 36)
— Review of 48 Shades of Brown 1999 single work novel -
Untitled
2000
single work
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 14-15)
— Review of 48 Shades of Brown 1999 single work novel -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Books from Our Backyard : Must-Read Books from Queensland 2006; (p. 86)
— Review of 48 Shades of Brown 1999 single work novel -
If You Can't Beat 'EM
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 September 1999; (p. 14)
— Review of More than a Game 1999 single work novel ; Tyro 1999 single work novel ; 48 Shades of Brown 1999 single work novel ; Borrowed Light 1999 single work novel -
CBC Acceptance Speeches : Nick Earls
2000
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 44 no. 4 2000; (p. 3) -
Queensland : A Book One Day, Movie the Next
2004
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 August 2004; (p. 24) -
Nick Flick Hope
2004
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 December 2004; (p. 40) -
Mature Face of Aussie Lad Lit
2006
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column
— Appears in: The Age , 15 July 2006; (p. 12) -
Author Comes Out of the Shade
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 August 2006; (p. 23-24)
Awards
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