- Format Softcover
- Pages 64
- ISBN 9781922777546
- Release date March 1, 2023
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Getting Dusty
WINNER OF THE DAISY UTEMORRAH AWARD
Getting Dusty is the much-anticipated sequel to Jared Thomas’ CBCA longlisted junior fiction, Uncle Xbox (2023).
When Dusty bloodies his bully’s nose in a soccer tournament, he finds himself grounded for a week.
Feeling this is unfair, Dusty gets upset and it’s up to Uncle Xbox to help him understand why his actions have consequences and that he can learn from his mistakes. If this lesson includes spending time on Country, catching some nice waves and making new friends, well, who is he to argue.
From the author of The Game Day series, My Spare Heart, Calypso Summer, and Songs that sound like Blood, Jared Thomas has sensitively captured Dusty’s world and childhood challenges, with integrity, humour and heart.
Praise for Getting Dusty
“The author has created a convincing and endearing character in Dusty...a good book for primary school readers...”
– Lyn Linning, Magpies Magazine
“...enjoyable and refreshing read...With a strong, smart, and likeable character in Dusty and an entertaining storyline.”
– Kathryn Beilby, ReadPlus
“...each chapter was even better than the last. A sequel would be great!”
– Oscar, Youkie Magazine
“Dusty is a likeable, real and smart character, and Jared Thomas has done something special with this novel...I hope it has many readers.”
– Kevin Brophy, CBCA Reading Time
“…Jared Thomas has sensitively captured Dusty's world and childhood challenges, with integrity, humour and heart.”
– Where the Wild Things Are Bookshop
- Format Softcover
- Pages 64
- ISBN 9781922777546
- Release date March 1, 2023
- Category
- Resources
