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Burning EddyGet the Bolinda Audio read by Stig Wemyss here
Shortlisted for the 2004 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers. 'Daniel is a magnificently original creation-he is neither a stereotypical jock obsessed with indicators of masculinity nor a stereotypical outsider. Gardner charts Daniel's cautious and painful negotiations with his family, his past and the apparently unobtainable Chantelle, combining a believable teenage voice with equally believable moments of pure poetry.' Jenny Pausacker, The Weekend Australian In the country,
where his fifteenth summer has burned the life from the grass, Daniel
Fairbrother is searching. Looking for something that will make tomorrow
seem worth the effort. Something that will fix the rot in his family tree.
Stop it from falling apart under the weight of a thousand secrets. Dan’s
clues come from the animals. And the Dutch woman. He
works in her garden. Eddy’s eighty-six. She has a tattoo, a history, and
can make music with her farts. She pays in cash and can read Dan’s mind. In a shady corner
of Eddy’s garden, Dan finds something growing … Hope. But something is
burning. Released March 2003 'an honest and perceptive account of growing up.' Anne Briggs, Magpies
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Shortlisted
in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards for the Ethel Turner Prize for Books
for Young Adults, 2004