Aspiring
Author(s): Damien Wilkins
An engaging, funny and moving novel about a boy trying to make sense of it all. Fifteen-year-old Ricky lives in Aspiring, a town that’s growing at an alarming rate. Ricky’s growing, too — 6’7”, and taller every day. But he’s stuck in a loop: student, uncommitted basketballer, and puzzled son, burdened by his family’s sadness. And who’s the weird guy in town with a chauffeur and half a Cadillac? What about the bits of story that invade his head? Uncertain what’s real — and who he is — Ricky can’t stop sifting for clues. He has no idea how things will end up . . . With sunlight, verve and humour, award-winning writer Damien Wilkins brings us a beguiling boy who’s trying to make sense of it all.
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Product Information
Winner - Young Adult Fiction Award - 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
General Fields
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- : Massey University Press
- : Massey University Press
- : 0.248
- : 01 March 2020
- : ---length:- '21'width:- '13.8'units:- Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Damien Wilkins
- : Paperback
- : English
- : very good
- : 200