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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Last Wave
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"Seventeen-year-old Matt "Owl" Owen is living in the heyday between school and the rest of his life. He has his friends, the beach, and the surf -- and the big event on his calendar is a date with Hayley Churchill, an absolute goddess. When she asked him to take her to Stink's eighteenth birthday, Owl thought he'd die. Is it possible his best friend's sister has finally come to her senses, or is Owl just putting himself on? 
It's supposed to be the best summer of his life, a final hurrah before Owl and his buddies are forced to grow up and start the next phase of life, but he and his surfing crew are about to get dragged kicking and screaming into the adult world -- and nothing will ever be the same again." 

(Publisher's blurb)

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Degenerative arthritis.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled John D. Adams , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 45 no. 2 2001; (p. 23-24)

— Review of Last Wave Paul Hayden , 2001 single work novel
Untitled Rae Radford , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 2 2001; (p. 42)

— Review of Last Wave Paul Hayden , 2001 single work novel
Untitled Raymond Huber , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 40)

— Review of Last Wave Paul Hayden , 2001 single work novel
Untitled John D. Adams , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 45 no. 2 2001; (p. 23-24)

— Review of Last Wave Paul Hayden , 2001 single work novel
Untitled Raymond Huber , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 40)

— Review of Last Wave Paul Hayden , 2001 single work novel
Untitled Rae Radford , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 2 2001; (p. 42)

— Review of Last Wave Paul Hayden , 2001 single work novel
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