The Resource Invisible boys, Holden Sheppard
Invisible boys, Holden Sheppard
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The item Invisible boys, Holden Sheppard represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
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- Summary
- One town, three boys: Zeke, a shy over-achiever, struggling with his family's Catholic expectations and the weight of his Sicilian heritage. Charlie, a hard-core rocker, who's not as tough as he looks. Hammer, a footy jock with big AFL dreams, and an even bigger ego. All three share a secret. Will revealing it make them or break them? By turns hilarious and harrowing, but ultimately hopeful, this gripping novel explores what it is grow up gay in rural Australia
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Invisible boys
- Title
- Invisible boys
- Statement of responsibility
- Holden Sheppard
- Subject
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- trueIdentity
- trueRural life
- Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSexuality
- trueSmall towns
- trueSuicide
- trueTeenage boys
- Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueViolence
- Young adult fiction
- Australian fiction
- trueExpectation
- Expectation (Psychology)
- Fiction
- trueGay teenagers
- Gay teenagers -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHomophobia
- trueHomosexuality
- trueHope
- Identity (Psychology)
- truePeer pressure
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- One town, three boys: Zeke, a shy over-achiever, struggling with his family's Catholic expectations and the weight of his Sicilian heritage. Charlie, a hard-core rocker, who's not as tough as he looks. Hammer, a footy jock with big AFL dreams, and an even bigger ego. All three share a secret. Will revealing it make them or break them? By turns hilarious and harrowing, but ultimately hopeful, this gripping novel explores what it is grow up gay in rural Australia
- Award
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- Children's Book Council of Australia: Notable Australian Children's Book, 2020.
- Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers, 2019.
- Awards note
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- City of Fremantile Hungerford Award, Winner, 2018.
- Kathleen Mitchell Award, Winner, 2019.
- Ray Koppe Residency Award, Winner, 2018.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10806955
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sheppard, Holden
- Dewey number
- A823.4
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 7
- 9
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
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- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Australian fiction
- Secrecy
- Gay teenagers
- Teenagers
- Young adult fiction
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Invisible boys, Holden Sheppard
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 336 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925815566
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- Invisible boys, Holden Sheppard
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 336 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925815566
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- trueIdentity
- trueRural life
- Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSexuality
- trueSmall towns
- trueSuicide
- trueTeenage boys
- Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueViolence
- Young adult fiction
- Australian fiction
- trueExpectation
- Expectation (Psychology)
- Fiction
- trueGay teenagers
- Gay teenagers -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHomophobia
- trueHomosexuality
- trueHope
- Identity (Psychology)
- truePeer pressure
Genre
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- trueKathleen Mitchell Award (Australia)
- trueChildren's Book Council of Australia: Notable Australian Children's Books: Older Readers
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