My spare heart
Thomas, Jared, 1976-2022
Book
"Phoebe's non-Indigenous mother, a busy event manager, and her father, an Aboriginal man and uni lecturer, have split up and she's moved to sleepy old Willunga with him and his new health-obsessed girlfriend. It's only a few kilometres from Phoebe's friends and the city, but it feels like another world. Her new school is full of hippies, but some of the kids are cool and the local basketball team is tight, and before long Phoebe's fitting in. But as her mum becomes increasingly unreliable, Phoebe's grades suffer, her place on the basketball team is under threat and her worries spiral out of control. Phoebe can't tell her friends and if she tells her dad he'll get angry, but pretending everything is fine is breaking her heart. How can she help her mum without tearing her family apart?" -- Publisher.
Main title:
My spare heart / Jared Thomas.
Author:
Thomas, Jared, 1976-, authorSaunders, Desirai, Illustrator
Work:
Imprint:
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen and Unwin, 2022.©2022.
Collation:
370 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"A powerful and uplifting story about family breakdowns, facing truth and finding balance" -- Front cover.
Audience:
Interest age level: Adolescent, ages 13+.
ISBN:
9781760631833
Language:
English
Subject:
Aboriginal Australians -- Young adult fictionBasketball -- Young adult fictionBasketball players -- Young adult fictionChildren of alcoholics -- Young adult fictionDivorced parents -- Young adult fictionFamilies -- Young adult fictionFriendship -- Young adult fictionHigh schools -- Young adult fictionIdentity (Psychology) in youth -- Young adult fictionMothers and daughters -- Young adult fictionMoving, Household -- Young adult fictionSubstance abuse -- Young adult fictionTeenage girls -- Young adult fictionTeenagers -- Young adult fictionWomen alcoholics -- Young adult fictionWorry in adolescence -- Young adult fictionWillunga (S.A.) -- Young adult fictionAustralian fictionDomestic fictionSports fictionYoung adult fiction
BRN:
137834