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Girls, boys, music - great mix! And who hasn't dreamed of being in a rock band? And what could be better than hooking up with your besties and forming an all-girl band. That's what Pip, Irina, Karen and Angie did when they formed their band Not Perfect. These are four different girls lead very different lives, but when they come together and play, they are as one. These girls rock. - Publishers blurb, HarperCollins website (Sighted 11/12/07)
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Lyrics for the songs 'Psycho Dad' and 'I Wanna be Found' written and sung by Tory Gervay. Film clip of the song 'Psycho Dad' written and directed by Rachel Guerry. The songs and film clip can be accessed from the author's website http://www.sgervay.com
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'While That's Why I Wrote This Song remains true to the literary tradition of text, it has taken a new direction, uniting lyrics, music and film within the book.' Susanne Gervay, 'Young Adult Literature : A New Direction', Newswrite : The Newsletter of the New South Wales Writers' Centre 172 (2007):7
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Dedication: To Tory with love - Mum/ To an amazing woman who has been through so much, yet still managed to come out on top. My friend, my rock, my hero, my mum - Tory
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 1 2008; (p. 24-25)
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— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 42 no. 3 2007; (p. 93)
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 30)
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 15 no. 3 2007; (p. 38)
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Teen Angst a Delight for the Senses
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 32)
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 22 no. 4 2007; (p. 41)
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Crossing Mediums : That's Why I Wrote This Song
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 15 no. 3 2007; (p. 16-17)
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2007
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 15 no. 3 2007; (p. 38)
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 30)
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That's Why I Wrote This Book
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 87 no. 1 2007; (p. 60) -
Young Adult Literature : A New Direction
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— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , August no. 172 2007; (p. 7) -
Parenting by the Book
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 September 2007; (p. 3) -
Writing Social Justice Through Fiction
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— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 33 2011; (p. 34-35)
Awards
- 2009 commended SWW Book Awards — Children
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