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We didn't think it through
Lonesborough, Gary2023
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"The thought comes to me: This is how I die. Dally is going to lose control and crash us into a pole or a house and we will be killed on impact. The justice system characterises Jamie Langton as a 'danger to society', but he's just an Aboriginal kid, trying to find his way through adolescence. Jamie lives in Dalton's Bay with Aunty Dawn and Uncle Bobby. He spends his downtime hanging out with his mates, Dally and Lenny. Mark Cassidy and his white mates - the Footy Heads - take every opportunity they can to bully Jamie and his friends. On Lenny's last night in town before moving to Sydney, after another episode of racist harassment, Jamie, Dally and Lenny decide to retaliate by vandalising Mark Cassidy's car. And when they discover the keys are in the ignition… Dally changes the plan. Soon they are all in Mark Cassidy's stolen car cruising through town, aiming to take it for a quick spin, then dump it. But it's a bad plan. And as a consequence, Jamie ends up in the youth justice system where he must find a way to mend his relationships with himself, his friends, his family and his future."--Back cover.
Main title:
We didn't think it through / Gary Lonesborough.
Author:
Lonesborough, Gary, author
Imprint:
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that his book may contain images and names of people who have died. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content.
Audience:
SecondaryUsually read by students in years 9, 10 and above.
Awards:
Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable, Book of the year: older readers. 2024.Prime Minister's Literary Award Nominations ; NSW Premier's Literary Awards, 2024,Highly Commended, Writing for Young Adults, Victoria Premier's Literary Awards, 2024 ; Shortlisted, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature.
ISBN:
9781760526931 (paperback)
Language:
English
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Subject:
Teenage boys -- FictionAboriginal Australians -- FictionJuvenile delinquents -- FictionJuvenile detention -- Australia -- FictionIdentity (Psychology) in adolescence -- FictionSecrecy -- FictionRacism -- FictionRacism -- Teen fictionAustralia -- Race relations -- FictionAuthors, AustralianPremier's reading challenge -- grades 7to9Young adult fictionAustralian fiction
BRN:
516126
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Teenage Fiction | LONESB | Onloan - Due: 25 Nov 2024 |