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 * Swerve by Phillip Gwynne **


 * About the Book**

 One of the country's finest young cellists, 16 year-old Hugh Twycross has a very bright future. A future that has been mapped out by his parents, his teachers, by everybody, it seems, except Hugh Twycross. Hugh has a secret, though: he loves cars and he loves car racing. When his newly discovered grandfather, Poppy, asks him to go on a road trip to Uluru in his 1970 Holden HT Monaro, Hugh decides, for once in his life, to do the unexpected. As they embark on a journey into the vast and fierce landscape of the Australian interior, Hugh discovers that Poppy has a secret that will unravel both their lives and take them in a direction they never expected.

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 * About the Author**

Phillip Gwynne's first novel //Deadly Unna?// the literary hit of 1998, has now sold over 180,000 copies. It was made into the feature film //Australian Rules// for which Phillip won an AFI award//.// The sequel, //Nukkin Ya//, was published to great acclaim in 2000. He has also written //The Worst Team Ever, Born to Bake,// and //A Chook Called Harry// in the //Aussie Bites// series, and //Jetty Rats//. Phillip's latest novel, the adult detective thriller //The Build Up,// is being made into a 13-part TV series on SBS, and his YA novel, //Swerve//, will be published in 2010. He now lives in Leura, New South Wales, with his wife and three children: aged 17, 2 and 1. From Penguin - [] Author's website: none Author information on Wikipedia: none Additional biographical information: [] Interview with Phillip Gwynne: []


 * General **

Edition: Year level: 10 Previously used as a text? No Film of text available: No

Themes: Coming of Age Love Additional themes information:


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