Hugh is 16. He loves cello, he's a closet car fanatic, and he has no luck with girls. When his grandfather, Poppy, asks him to go on one last road trip to Uluru in his 1970 Holden HG Monaro GTS 350 V8, Hugh decides, for once in his life, to do the unexpected. Little does he know that Poppy has an ulterior motive ... one that would take both their lives in a direction they never expected...
This is a funny, dark, very Australian version of the American roadtrip genre. Hugh's supposedly dead grandfather (Poppy) has turned up out of nowhere and he and Hugh slowly become friends. When Poppy asks Hugh to drive with him to Uluru only six days before the most important cello audition in Hugh's musical career, Hugh doesn't take much convincing. He takes the cello with him. Along the way, and with a cast of crazy characters and incidents, he discovers quite a few secrets about his grandfather and about his family. And in the process, discovers quite a few things about himself, and begins to question the path that has been chosen for him.
Gold Inky Shortlist 2010
Raw Blue
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
The ocean is a vivid emerald colour and the wind ruffles the wave faces so that they shatter the sunlight like glass. Seeing that glittering skin always tightens my throat with joy ... I forget about the underbelly of th... Buy or find out more →
Stolen
$17.99 – Paperback book / Chicken House
Winner of the 2010 Gold Inky Award.
A 2011 Printz Honor Book.
Told in a moving letter to her captor, sixteen-year-old Gemma relives her kidnapping from Bangkok airport while on holiday. Taken by Ty, her troubled young st... Buy or find out more →
Liar
$22.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
Micah Wilkins admits she's a liar. But will murder be enough of a reason to stop lying? An extraordinary and original story that will have you grasping for the truth until the very last page.
Secrets, lies, murder and be... Buy or find out more →
Swerve
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Hugh is 16. He loves cello, he's a closet car fanatic, and he has no luck with girls. When his grandfather, Poppy, asks him to go on one last road trip to Uluru in his 1970 Holden HG Monaro GTS 350 V8, Hugh decides, for ... Buy or find out more →
Guardian Of The Dead
$19.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
'In less than a day I had been harassed, enchanted, shouted at, cried on, and clawed. I'd been cold, scared, dirty, exhausted, hungry, and miserable. And up until now, I'd been mildly impressed with my ability to cope.' Buy or find out more →
