This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature. It was recognised in the Gold Inky category by the Inky Award. It also was recognised by the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. It was recognised in the Ethel Turner Award category by the Nsw Premier's Literary Award. Also it was recognised by the Queensland Literary Award. It was recognised in the Book of the Year - Older Readers category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.

This book has been graded for interest at 14-18 years.

There are 202 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Text Publishing .

Vikki Wakefield is an award-winning Australian author of contemporary YA fiction. After high school, Vikki worked in banking, journalism, communications and graphic design and, after an extended writing drought of fifteen years, she enrolled in a professional writing course. During her study she rediscovered young adult books and found her voice. Vikki's writing has been described as 'original, real, startling and beautiful' and she also writes short stories, articles and film scripts. In her spare time she tries to paint, draw and play basketball. She was born in Adelaide and still lives and writes there. FRIDAY BROWN is Vikki's debut UK novel. Follow Vikki at: http://vikkiwakefield. com/ or on Twitter: @VikkiWakefield