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Augustine's Lunch
Fourteen-year-old Gus goes from being one of popular kids to a victim on the lowest rung, all thanks to the new boy Steve. And as if that’s not bad enough, Gus’s big brother Luke develops an interest in the one girl Gus has his heart set on—and expects Gus to help him get her! What’s a tender-hearted, budding gourmet to do? Lie down and take it—or take action?
‘Augustine’s Lunch may not do much for sausage rolls, but as a novel about friendship, it’s funny, breezy, wise and satisfying, and goes down a treat.’ Garry Disher
‘This is a funny, gentle, mischievous book, and it made me very hungry.’ Jaclyn Moriarty
Helen Sykes, writing for English in Australia, called Augustine’s Lunch ‘fresh, original and lots of fun’, a book that ‘begs for a place in your reading list for Years 7 and 8.’
Originally published under the name Laura Budd in 2001, Augustine’s Lunch was shortlisted for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature, Runner Up in the Younger Australian Reader’s Awards, and was once said to be one of the most borrowed books in school libraries. Past readers will be keen to revisit it—and even ready to share it with their children.
Laura Bloom is an acclaimed, bestselling author. Her work includes The Dream Riders series with Jessie Blackadder for younger readers, and, most recently, the adult novel The Women and the Girls (2020). The reviewer for Better Reading was more than impressed by The Women and the Girls. ‘To say that Laura is a literary powerhouse is an understatement—she really is one of Australia’s most interesting and yet underrated authors. With the release of The Women and the Girls, I predict this will change. This novel has everything from bestseller to Netflix series written all over it.’ For more information visit laurabloom.com.au.
‘Augustine’s Lunch may not do much for sausage rolls, but as a novel about friendship, it’s funny, breezy, wise and satisfying, and goes down a treat.’ Garry Disher
‘This is a funny, gentle, mischievous book, and it made me very hungry.’ Jaclyn Moriarty
Helen Sykes, writing for English in Australia, called Augustine’s Lunch ‘fresh, original and lots of fun’, a book that ‘begs for a place in your reading list for Years 7 and 8.’
Originally published under the name Laura Budd in 2001, Augustine’s Lunch was shortlisted for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature, Runner Up in the Younger Australian Reader’s Awards, and was once said to be one of the most borrowed books in school libraries. Past readers will be keen to revisit it—and even ready to share it with their children.
Laura Bloom is an acclaimed, bestselling author. Her work includes The Dream Riders series with Jessie Blackadder for younger readers, and, most recently, the adult novel The Women and the Girls (2020). The reviewer for Better Reading was more than impressed by The Women and the Girls. ‘To say that Laura is a literary powerhouse is an understatement—she really is one of Australia’s most interesting and yet underrated authors. With the release of The Women and the Girls, I predict this will change. This novel has everything from bestseller to Netflix series written all over it.’ For more information visit laurabloom.com.au.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 3, 2021
About the author
Laura Bloom
19 books33 followersIt’s the people traditionally left out of the frame who interest Laura the most, as well as what happens after what would be the climax in many stories. A couple reuniting after the war, in IN THE MOOD; a woman who has changed her name and started a new life, only to find her old life catching up with her, in THE CLEANSKIN; what happens when you break up with the perfect person, in CHOOSING ZOE.
Laura’s novels have been shortlisted for the NSW Literary Awards, the ABC Fiction Prize and the Young Australian Readers’ Awards and published in France, the US and the UK.
Laura grew up in Sydney and graduated with a BA, Communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. She has worked in the areas of youth policy, social justice and health promotion, and has travelled widely, including living for spells in Germany, India, the UK, and as a toddler in New Guinea, which is where she began her love affair with the sub-tropics.
She now lives in a small town near Byron Bay on the East Coast of Australia with her chosen family, including her godson and her son who has autism. For such a word-based person it’s been an extraordinary journey to learn to love and communicate beyond words.
Laura’s novels have been shortlisted for the NSW Literary Awards, the ABC Fiction Prize and the Young Australian Readers’ Awards and published in France, the US and the UK.
Laura grew up in Sydney and graduated with a BA, Communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. She has worked in the areas of youth policy, social justice and health promotion, and has travelled widely, including living for spells in Germany, India, the UK, and as a toddler in New Guinea, which is where she began her love affair with the sub-tropics.
She now lives in a small town near Byron Bay on the East Coast of Australia with her chosen family, including her godson and her son who has autism. For such a word-based person it’s been an extraordinary journey to learn to love and communicate beyond words.
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