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 * Town by Roy James **



**About the Book** Thirteen young people, thirteen stories. And I recognised every single one of those people, and every one of those experiences. Roy's familiarity with his subjects is uncanny – he knows his teenage protagonists so well. Each of the 13 voices is real and distinct, from Mark, who draws dragons, to Robbie Blair, who thinks he’s a motorbike, to Veronica Bennett, who gets called “Carbo” after a science teacher explained that Carbon goes with all the other elements. From Inside A Dog, State Library of Victoria - []

James Roy was born in western New South Wales in 1968 and spent much of his childhood in Papua New Guinea and Fiji, adventuring by day and reading books at night. Then one day, tired of reading books by dead people, he decided to start writing his own. Since his first novel was released in 1996, James has written a number of critically acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction for young people, including the CBCA Honour Books CAPTAIN MACK and BILLY MACK’S WAR, and six CBCA Notable Books. In 2008, TOWN also won the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, following which he wrote HUNTING ELEPHANTS, his first novel for Woolshed Press. James lives with his family in the Blue Mountains. He enjoys trying to make music and art, doesn’t like olives very much, and hasn’t entirely abandoned his dream of sailing around the world. from Random House - []
 * About the Author **

Author's website: [|http://www.jamesroy.com.au] Author information on Wikipedia: [] Additional biographical information: []

Edition: Penguin 2007 edition Year level: 10 Previously used as a text? No Film of text available: No
 * General **

Themes: Coming of Age Growing up Additional themes information:

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Available online: A teaching unit provided by Penguin - [] The original press relaease for 'Town' - [|www.uqp.uq.edu.au/media_release_display.php?id=2393] An interview with James Roy - []

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