Sad Boys
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 224
Published: 2000
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2000 by Hachette Children's Group .
Glyn Parry was born in England and moved to Australia with his family when he was twelve. He is a 39 year old surf bum, a stand-up comedian and a prolific novelist, with seven books to his name. He is a Premier's Prize winner in Australia and is particularly impassioned in his pleas for more books for boys.
This book has been nominated for the following award:
Apa Book Design Awards - Hodder Headline Best Designed Book - YA
This book was recognised in the Hodder Headline Best Designed Book - YA category by the Apa Book Design Awards.
Written in his characteristically laconic, snappy style, Glyn Parry's latest young-adult novel is full of the twitchy, restless, hormone-driven angst of adolescence * Melbourne Metropolitan *
the language is raw, but not offensive, and speaks perceptively to the target readership... * Sydney Metropolitan *
...a very funny story with nonstop verbal gags...manages to convey the the brittle insecurities of young adolescents very well * Magpie *
a believable, intimate and up-to-date picture of a range of teenage interactions...Parry knows teenage boys and he's not far from the mark on girls either. This is a novel worth persevering with for those who may find themselves reflected and affirmed in it, those who may learn from its insights and those who may simply enjoy the raw rush and idiomatic poetry of Parry's prose * Adelaide Metropolitan *
a first class read for all teens...a bundle of great one-liners...perfectly paced humour matched with wonderfully rendered descriptions * Perth Metropolitan *
sometimes hilarious, sometimes desperate * Children's Bookseller & Publisher, Australia *