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'Sam stared at the picture of the boy about to be tipped off the edge of the world: the crushing weight of water about to pummel him. Sam knew that moment exactly, the disbelief that what was about to happen could even be possible. The intake of breath before the flood.
'Sam has always had things going on in his head that no one else understands, even his mum. And now she's dead, it's worse than ever.
'With nothing but his skateboard and a few belongings in a garbage bag, Sam goes to live with the strangers his mum cut ties with seven years ago: Aunty Lorraine and his cousins Shane and Minty.
'Despite the suspicion and hostility emanating from their fibro shack, Sam reverts to his childhood habit of following Minty around and is soon surfing with Minty to cut through the static fuzz in his head. But as the days slowly meld into one another, and ghosts from the past reappear, Sam has to make the ultimate decision ...... will he sink or will he swim.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Epigraphs:
May those who curse days / curse that day, / Those who are ready / to rouse Leviathan ... / Behind him he leaves a glistening wave; / One would think the deep / Had white hair – Job 3:8, 41.32.
I had a hole in the middle, where the lightning went through, / I told my friends not to worry – 'Anyone's Ghost', The National.
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Dedication: For my fellas: Nathan, Elijah and Ayrton.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Grief, Pain and Ordeals by Fire
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 May 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of One Would Think the Deep 2016 single work novel ; The Other Side of Summer 2016 single work novel ; The Secrets We Keep 2016 single work children's fiction ; The Special Ones 2016 single work novel -
Review : One Would Think the Deep
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , September 2016;
— Review of One Would Think the Deep 2016 single work novel
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Grief, Pain and Ordeals by Fire
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 May 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of One Would Think the Deep 2016 single work novel ; The Other Side of Summer 2016 single work novel ; The Secrets We Keep 2016 single work children's fiction ; The Special Ones 2016 single work novel -
Review : One Would Think the Deep
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , September 2016;
— Review of One Would Think the Deep 2016 single work novel
Awards
- 2021 shortlisted REAL Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- 2018 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Older Readers
- 2017 selected White Ravens
- 2017 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2017 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
- South Coast, New South Wales,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1997