Title Changing Gear / Scot Gardner

Published Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2018 Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2018 ©2018

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Gar/Cge		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Gar/Cge		AVAILABLE

Description 277 pages ; 20 cm regular print Summary Merrick Hilton's done a runner.His folks think he's studying, but the real world has been calling for years and he can't ignore it any longer. A postie bike, a bedroll and a big sky - that's all he needs.But there's no telling how he'll handle roadkill, stolen oranges and unexpected romance, let alone the rough stuff. And in the real world nothing goes entirely as planned. Thankfully Victor - the old bloke Merrick meets on the road - knows a thing or two about broken bike chains. And broken hearts Analysis Australian Notes "Road trip from Hell. Time of his life"-- Cover 14+ Shortlisted by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) 2019 Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers Subject Youth -- Fiction. High school students -- Juvenile fiction. Cycling -- Juvenile fiction. Young men -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction. Bicycles -- Maintenance and repair -- Juvenile fiction. Runaway teenagers -- Juvenile fiction. Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction. Teenagers -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. Teenage boys -- Australia -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. First loves -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Action and adventure fiction. Road fiction. Romance fiction. Bildungsromans. Fiction. Juvenile works. Bildungsromans. Young adult fiction Novels. LC no. be2018016211 ISBN 9781760631468 (paperback)

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