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''Thank Trevor, he didn't see me.'
'Meet Jesse James Jones. He's an eleven-year-old boy tackling big problems in life, especially being the new kid in school. Luckily, Jesse can confide in his friend Trevor. Problem is, Trevor is a poster of Jesus on his bedroom wall.
'Meet Hunter Riley. Hunter is the school bully and loves calling Jesse anything but his own name. With Hunter's catch phrase 'Ha!' and his mean words echoing through the grounds of their peaceful school, something or someone has to give.
'But will it be Jesse? Or is Hunter more than he seems?
'An inspiring and funny story about the little things that help to make everyone's world a better place.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Other Formats
- Dyslexic edition.
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Review : Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out in the Rain
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 65)
— Review of Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain 2014 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 29 no. 2 2014; (p. 35-36)
— Review of Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain 2014 single work children's fiction -
Children's Books : Review
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 May - 1 June 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of The Adventures of Sir Roderick, The Not-Very-Brave 2014 single work children's fiction ; The Adventures of Stunt Boy and His Amazing Wonder Dog Blindfold 2014 single work children's fiction ; Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy 2014 single work children's fiction ; Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain 2014 single work children's fiction
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Children's Books : Review
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 May - 1 June 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of The Adventures of Sir Roderick, The Not-Very-Brave 2014 single work children's fiction ; The Adventures of Stunt Boy and His Amazing Wonder Dog Blindfold 2014 single work children's fiction ; Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy 2014 single work children's fiction ; Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain 2014 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 29 no. 2 2014; (p. 35-36)
— Review of Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain 2014 single work children's fiction -
Review : Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out in the Rain
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 65)
— Review of Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain 2014 single work children's fiction
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Younger Readers
- 2015 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
- 2015 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Younger Readers
- 2015 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children’s Fiction Book designed by Jo Hunt.
- 2015 selected White Ravens
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