I love Nick Earls.

He is one of my favourite Australian authors.

He writes young adult novels and I adore the way he does it. He writes in a really melancholy, beautiful way. He respects his reader, acknowledges something deeper, and offers up a part of himself when doing so.

He came to my high school and talked about writing this book, and the experiences he had that loosely informed it - and that made me respect him and his craft all the more.

This book was a really quick, easy read for me - plenty of tangible, well-written teenaged angst. The only problem I have now is what novel of his I should read next. c: ( )

nowhere. Its about the start of Matt’s last year at school (hmm sound familiar) when he meets his next door neighbor’s cousin Monica. At the same time, there is a scandal involving his father’s work and embezzlement which results in Matt’s family selling their house & his father losing his job. Set in the 80s in Brisbane, Matt only meets Monica 5 times but succeeds in getting her expelled and sent back to Ireland at the end of the book.p.52 “on the Tues..” to p.57 “..through it”(note language)Matt catches Andy & another boy fighting