Henry Hoey Hobson - Couverture souple

Bongers, Christine

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1864719958 ISBN 13 : 9781864719956

Editeur : Random House Australia, 2010

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Henry Hoey Hobson is drowning in the dangerous waters of Year Seven. He arrives at his sixth school in as many years, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, to discover that he is the only boy in the grade. Fatherless, friendless and non-Catholic, Henry earns a reputation as a vampire on his first day, when ill-fitting braces make his mouth bleed. His mum, Lydia, is no help - she's running around town, in bright red platform heels and a skirt that's too short and too tight, chasing a pot of gold at the end of a real estate rainbow. Due to a recent growth spurt, Henry towers over his tiny, doll-like mum and swings between feeling protective and angry that she has abandoned him to his fate. To make matters worse, a pack of weirdos moves in next door. With their pale skin, black clothing and eerie coffin, they freak out the local kids. When they befriend Henry, they drive a stake through the heart of any chance he might have had of fitting in. Henry's only chance to redeem himself is the school swimming carnival. But first he must deal with the withdrawn and tortured Anders' attempts to overcome his own dark past and earn a place in the light, at Henry's side. Finally, Henry and his motley cheer squad must choose how they want to live their lives. Is living life at the margins enough for any of them?

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Henry is drowning in the dangerous waters of Year Seven can he and his motley crew of creeps and weirdos prove themselves to his catty classmates once and for all? Twelve-year-old Henry Hoey Hobson arrives at his sixth school, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, to discover that he is the only boy in Year Seven. Friendless, fatherless, and non-Catholic, Henry is not only a Perpetual Sucker, but a bloodsucker, according to his classmates. When he's caught moving a coffin into the creepy house next door, it drives a stake through the heart of his hopes of fitting in. His only chance to fight back is the school swimming carnival sink-or-swim time in the treacherous waters of Year Seven.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Christine Bongers has written two environmental television documentaries, which were short-listed for the 2006 Varuna Manuscript Development Awards. She is the author of Dust.

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