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Screw Loose

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By Chris Wheat
Publisher Allen Unwin
Screw Loose
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A brilliant black comedy,Screw Loosecasts a humorous absurdist lens on a group of ordinary 16yearolds with ordinary problemskind of As a motley group of teenagers try to navigate the school year, it becomes clear that everyone has problems and no one knows quite how to solve them. Chelsea talks to Barbies and fantasizes about ruling the world. Angelo cant choose between his controlfreak soccer club and his cleanfreak girlfriend. Zeynep gets sent to live with the goats, Craig likes Matilda but Matilda prefers his dog, Joshua learns to love guinea pigsand on it goes. This quirky, chaotic, laughoutloud novel is about first love and new love, and dolls and dogs and soccer and baklava, and a fantastic big, fun, crazy party at the end. Its the perfect book for people who never quite go about things the right way.

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71773 words71,773 words
400 pages400 pages
Lexile 620LLexile 620L
Grade 6 to 9Grade 6 to 9
Age 11-14Age 11-14
Published 2008Published 2008

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9781741754957

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