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Worse things / Sally Murphy ; illustrated by Sarah Davis.
Publication details: Newton, NSW : Walker Books, 2020.Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781760651657 (paperback)
- 1760651656 (paperback)
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Sports -- Social aspects -- Fiction
- Loneliness -- Fiction
- Grief -- Fiction
- Novels in verse
- Australian fiction
- Interpersonal relations
- Grief
- Loneliness
- Sports -- Social aspects
- Australian fiction
- Children's stories
- Children's stories
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Sports -- Social aspects -- Juvenile fiction
- Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- A823.4 23
- PR8296.U766 W67 2020
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Shortlist, 2021.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Junior collection | MUR | Available | 062798 |
Total reserves: 0
Worse Things follows the lives of three main characters: Blake, an Aussie Rules football player who suffers a devastating injury; Jolene, a hockey player who hates the game and and is grieving over the recent death of her father; and Amed, a soccer-loving, non-English speaking orphan who feels like an outsider since arriving in Australia after being raised in a refugee camp. On the surface, it seems they have nothing in common, except sport, but other things conspire to bind them together.
Age from 10 years.
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Shortlist, 2021.
