Bye, Beautiful
$22.67
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2006
Summary
Sandy does not know if she would fit in anywhere, but she feels like a complete outsider in this hot wheatbelt town where her policeman father has just been transferred.
And then she meets Billy, the part-Aboriginal mechanic’s apprentice and town heart-throb. Sandy’s feelings for him are overwhelming her, but she is about to find out that her greatest rival is her own sister, the alluring, confident Marianne.
Set in Western Australia in the 1960s, this is a story of secrets an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143003823 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143003828 |
| Author: | Julia Lawrinson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Julia Lawrinson
Julia Lawrinson hails from the outer suburbs of Perth and writes for children and young adults. Her first novel, Obsession, won the 2001 WA Premier’s Prize for Young Adult Writing. Since then she has published more than ten novels, including Bye, Beautiful, which was shortlisted for both the QLD and WA Premier’s Awards and was a 2007 CBC Notable Book, and the popular Chess Nuts, which was a 2010 CBC Notable Book. Her day jobs have included weighbridge attendant, whopper maker, English lecturer, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Usher of the Black Rod. She loves dog beaches, Jack Russells, and New York, and is finishing a law degree.
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