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  • Published: 6 June 1994
  • ISBN: 9781742286860
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 168

Unreal!



It's Unreal . . .
the flies were up to my armpits and they were still falling.
I was scared out of my wits. I didn't want to drown in a sea of flies. It's all a bit much really.
A reunion of bones.
The irresistible kisser.
Wonder underpants.
Cow-dung custard.

  • Published: 6 June 1994
  • ISBN: 9781742286860
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 168

About the author

Paul Jennings

The Paul Jennings phenomenon began with the publication of Unreal! in 1985. Since then, readers all around the world have devoured his books.

Paul has written over one hundred stories and has been voted 'favourite author' more than forty times by children in Australia, winning every children's choice award. The top rating TV series Round the Twist and Driven Crazy are based on a selection of his enormously popular short-story collections such as Unseen! which was awarded the 1999 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Children's Book. In 1995 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to children's literature and was awarded the prestigious Dromkeen Medal in 2001. Paul has sold more than 8 million books worldwide.

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Awards & recognition

YABBA Children's Choice Awards

Winner  •  1987  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

WAYRBA Children's Choice Awards

Special Mention  •  1989  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

KOALA Children's Choice Awards

Winner  •  1990  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

BILBY Children's Choice Awards

Winner  •  1992  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

KOALA Children's Choice Awards

Winner  •  1992  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

KROC Children's Choice Awards

Winner  •  1992  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

COOL Children's Choice Awards

Runner-up  •  1992  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

KROC Children's Choice Awards

Third place  •  1993  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

COOL Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  1993  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

KOALA Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  1993  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

KROC Children's Choice Awards

Third place  •  1994  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

CROW Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  1994  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

KOALA Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  1995  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

KROC Children's Choice Awards

Longlisted  •  1999  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults