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Units Teaching this Work
| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
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Girl Defective
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2013
Z1926105
2013
single work
novel
young adult
detective
mystery
(taught in 2 units)
'It's summer in St Kilda. Fifteen-year-old Sky is looking forward to great records and nefarious activities with Nancy, her older, wilder friend. Her brother - Super Agent Gully - is on a mission to unmask the degenerate who bricked the shop window. Bill the Patriarch seems content to drink while the shop slides into bankruptcy. A poster of a mysterious girl and her connection to Luke, the new employee sends Sky on an exploration into the dark heart of the suburb. What begins as a toe-dip into wilder waters will end up changing the frames of Sky's existence. Love is strange. Family Rules. In between there are teenage messes, rock star spawn, violent fangirls and accidents waiting to happen. Sky Martin is Girl Defective: funny, real and dark at the edges.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Children's Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2015 (Semester 1) |
|
y
Girl Defective
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2013
Z1926105
2013
single work
novel
young adult
detective
mystery
(taught in 2 units)
'It's summer in St Kilda. Fifteen-year-old Sky is looking forward to great records and nefarious activities with Nancy, her older, wilder friend. Her brother - Super Agent Gully - is on a mission to unmask the degenerate who bricked the shop window. Bill the Patriarch seems content to drink while the shop slides into bankruptcy. A poster of a mysterious girl and her connection to Luke, the new employee sends Sky on an exploration into the dark heart of the suburb. What begins as a toe-dip into wilder waters will end up changing the frames of Sky's existence. Love is strange. Family Rules. In between there are teenage messes, rock star spawn, violent fangirls and accidents waiting to happen. Sky Martin is Girl Defective: funny, real and dark at the edges.' (Publisher's blurb) |
Australian Children's Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2016 (Semester 1) |
