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Girl Defective
Howell, Simmone

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Girl Defective
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"It was just Dad and me and Gully living in the flat above the shop in Blessington Street, St Kilda. We, the Martin family, were like inverse superheroes, marked by our defects. Dad was addicted to beer and bootlegs. Gully had 'social difficulties' that manifested in his wearing a pig-snout mask 24/7. I was surface clean but underneath a weird hormonal stew was simmering. My defects weren't the kind you could see just from looking. Later I would decide they were symptoms of Nancy."

This is the story of a wild girl and a ghost girl; a boy who knew nothing and a boy who thought he knew everything. And it's about life and death and grief and romance.

All the good stuff.

From the award-winning author of Notes from the Teenage Underground, and Everything Beautiful.

Author Information

Simmone Howell is an award-winning short story-writer, and screenwriter. Her short film Pity24 won an AWGIE award and has screened at film festivals such as the London Australian Film Festival and Los Angeles Shorts Fest. She is published around the world and has a dedicated following of readers.

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Teachers' Notes

ISBN:
9780330426176

Binding:
Paperback

Pub. Date:
01/03/2013

Category:
Children's: General Fiction

Imprint:
Pan Australia

Pages:
312 page/s

Stock:
In stock

Price:
$16.99 AUD

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