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What will it take to make the council say yes to a skate park? Will it take a tragedy to bring the town together?
Zac and Corey are best friends. They skateboard in deserted parking lots, along the streets, wherever they can, but without anywhere else to go, they get in trouble. Good girl Lauren Saxelby's been hanging around, filming the skaters for a competition she wants to enter. Suddenly everyone wants to use the video to convince the council to build a skate park. Corey's been sucked into the campaign, and he's hanging around Lauren far too much for Zac's liking. Zac's not ready for what is about to happen. Sometimes you just have to let things hit you in the guts, then find a way to get up again.
Zac and Corey are best friends. They skateboard in deserted parking lots, along the streets, wherever they can, but without anywhere else to go, they get in trouble. Good girl Lauren Saxelby's been hanging around, filming the skaters for a competition she wants to enter. Suddenly everyone wants to use the video to convince the council to build a skate park. Corey's been sucked into the campaign, and he's hanging around Lauren far too much for Zac's liking. Zac's not ready for what is about to happen. Sometimes you just have to let things hit you in the guts, then find a way to get up again.
- GenresRealistic Fiction
241 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1
About the author
Debra Oswald
34 books124 followersDebra Oswald is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. She is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award and author of the novels Useful (2015), The Whole Bright Year (2018) and The Family Doctor (2021). She was creator/head writer of the first five seasons of the successful TV series Offspring.
Her stage plays have been performed around the world and published by Currency Press. Gary's House, Sweet Road and The Peach Season were all shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award. Debra has also written four plays for young audiences—Dags, Skate, Stories in the Dark and House on Fire. She has written three Aussie Bites books and six children's novels, including The Redback Leftovers.
Her television credits include award-winning episodes of Police Rescue, Palace of Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas.
Debra performed her one-woman show Is There Something Wrong With That Lady? at the Griffin Theatre in 2021 and a month-long season at the Ensemble in 2023.
Her stage plays have been performed around the world and published by Currency Press. Gary's House, Sweet Road and The Peach Season were all shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award. Debra has also written four plays for young audiences—Dags, Skate, Stories in the Dark and House on Fire. She has written three Aussie Bites books and six children's novels, including The Redback Leftovers.
Her television credits include award-winning episodes of Police Rescue, Palace of Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas.
Debra performed her one-woman show Is There Something Wrong With That Lady? at the Griffin Theatre in 2021 and a month-long season at the Ensemble in 2023.
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June 27, 2023
3 stars
I enjoy reading middle aged school books but it has trigger warnings such as domestic violence and death (and maybe other sensitive topics also in the book) It was a quick and pretty straight forward book for me about teenagers growing up in a poor area in Australia trying to raise money for a skatepark and they story behind it.
I enjoy reading middle aged school books but it has trigger warnings such as domestic violence and death (and maybe other sensitive topics also in the book) It was a quick and pretty straight forward book for me about teenagers growing up in a poor area in Australia trying to raise money for a skatepark and they story behind it.
August 7, 2022
It is a very interesting book
October 27, 2011
Zac and corey are best mates from Narragindi who love skating.But its tough being a skater in Narragindi with nowhere to skate and you get treated like scum . Then "Teachers Pet" Lauren Saxelby starts videoing them skating and is starts mentioning to the skaters that they could get a skate park, Zac doesnt wanna fail again but Corey is getting right into it. Read the boook and see how the story unfolds.
Zac: 15 year old skater who gives up but eventually gets back up.
Corey: 15 year old skater who never gives up and always finds away to smile.
Or at least one of the top ten ugliest buildings.The main block has massive concrete walls and slitty little windows.
younger ages.
Zac: 15 year old skater who gives up but eventually gets back up.
Corey: 15 year old skater who never gives up and always finds away to smile.
Or at least one of the top ten ugliest buildings.The main block has massive concrete walls and slitty little windows.
younger ages.
March 4, 2012
This was one of the very few books with a dark subject which was pulled off well. However, it was a little too abrupt. And predictable, which is why I had to give it a lower rating than it deserved.
It taught me how life is so hard for certain people; that you should never judge people.
And the author did a wonderful job of making that message clear.
But it fell flat with the characters. It was kind of predictable. Very, very predictable, actually.
The ending was the only reason this isn't a two-star. I loved the "we're moving on" kind of end.
It taught me how life is so hard for certain people; that you should never judge people.
And the author did a wonderful job of making that message clear.
But it fell flat with the characters. It was kind of predictable. Very, very predictable, actually.
The ending was the only reason this isn't a two-star. I loved the "we're moving on" kind of end.
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December 7, 2015I am reading this book with my Year 9 class. I like the use of language and the way that the author has established tension in the first chapter. It looks like it will be a very accessible book for this year group. Hooray!
October 17, 2010
hectic :)
June 23, 2012
It wasn't the best book I've read but I still enjoyed it. At parts I felt it got a bit of track.
July 22, 2012
Isn't my type of book but it was okay.
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