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  • Published: 25 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781743485064
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192

New Boy




A moving, funny new novel by one of Australia's best-loved authors.

Adjusting to a new country and a new school was never going to be easy for Herschelle. The food is strange, it's so different to South Africa and, worst of all, no one understands the Aussie slang he's learnt on the web.

But it's the similarities that make things really hard. Herschelle will have to confront racism, bullying and his own past before Australia can feel like home . . .
 
A moving, funny new novel by one of Australia's best-loved authors.

  • Published: 25 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781743485064
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192

About the author

Nick Earls

Nick Earls is the author of twenty-eight books, including the bestselling novels Zigzag Street, Bachelor Kisses and Perfect Skin, and the award-winning novella series Wisdom Tree. His work has been published internationally in English and in translation, and has won awards in the UK, Australia and the US. Five of his novels have been adapted into plays and two into feature films.

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Awards & recognition

Queensland Literary Awards

Shortlisted  •  2015  •  Children's Book

Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature

Highly commended  •  2016  •  Younger Readers

Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards

Winner  •  2016  •  8–10 Years