Getting Air
  • Published: 1 August 2007
  • ISBN: 9781741662702
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $22.99

Getting Air

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What will it take to make the council say yes to a skatepark? Will it take a tragedy to bring the town together?

What will it take to make the council say yes to a skatepark? Will it take a tragedy to bring the town together?

Zac and Corey are best mates. They skate in deserted carparks, along the streets, wherever they can. It's so unfair that they're always getting in trouble for it. It's not as if there's anywhere else to skate.

Good girl Lauren Saxelby's been hanging around, filming the skaters for some competition she wants to enter. Suddenly everyone's keen to use the video to convince the council to build a skate park. As if that would work!

But Corey's been sucked in to the campaign, and he's hanging around Lauren far too much for Zac's liking. She'll never go out with Corey. He's a Matthews, so he's automatically a criminal - at least according to the gossips.

Zac's not ready for what's about to happen. Sometimes you just have to let things wallop you in the guts, then find a way to get up again.
  • Published: 1 August 2007
  • ISBN: 9781741662702
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Debra Oswald

Debra Oswald is a two-time winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the creator/head writer of the first five seasons of the TV series Offspring.
Her stage plays have been performed around the world and are 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.
Her television credits include Police Rescue, Palace of Dreams, The Secret Life of Us, Sweet and Sour and Bananas in Pyjamas.
Debra has written three Aussie Bite books for kids and six children's novels, including The Redback Leftovers and Getting Air. Her first adult novel, Useful, was published in 2015.

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Also by Debra Oswald

The Whole Bright Year
Useful
Blue Noise
The Redback Leftovers
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Praise for Getting Air

Debra Oswald's latest is a fast-paced novel . . . At times this novel about friendship and resilience can be confronting but it is so well handled that out of the sadness, a personal journey is made all the more poignant. It is suitable for ages 12 and up.

The Australian Bookseller & Publisher

This book has it all - action, skating, drama and even a touch of romance . . . Gritty and real, this book will have you hooked!

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