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GOING FOR BROKE
Nathan Foley is desperate for greatness.
Not ‘nice manners, son – here’s your merit award’ greatness.
Real greatness. Record-breaking greatness.
With fame in his sights, Nathan launches himself at the record books, again and again and again.
He’s got a splintery skateboard and a bucket of cockroaches.
He’s got a lawnmower engine and a bottle of craft glue.
He’s got the world’s most clueless pit crew.
Planning? Who needs it?
Research? What’s that?
Nathan’s on a path to glory, on a rusty old bike, with a poor sense of balance.
What could go wrong?
What readers are saying:
'a crack-up funny story'
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BoysBlokesBooks
'...good
straight forward adventure featuring the kinds of things that boys of
the age this is aimed at often get up to.'
- Bookseller+Publisher
Ages 8-12
96pp
ISBN 9781921150616
May, 2008
Walker Books Australia
May, 2009
Walker Books, UK
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NSW Premier's Reading Challenge, 2009
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WA Premier's Reading Challenge 2009
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WAYRBA Shortlist 2010