On Track
Author: Apel, Kathryn
ISBN: 9780702253737
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 304
Dimensions: 198mm x 131mm x 22mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A compelling verse novel about sibling rivalry, sporting excellence and self-doubt from a fresh new Australian voice.
Everyone saysyou couldn't gettwo brothers moredifferent thanShaun and Toby.
Toby struggles at school, has a stumbly, fumbly, bumbly body and thinks that Sports Day is the worst day of the year. No matter how hard he tries, he's not good at anything . . . except running away from his 'big, better brother'.
Shaun is top of his class and does everything first, better, best! He can't wait for Sports Day - D-Day for discus. But when his 'joke of a brother' is around, nobody notices the things Shaun can do.
Will Toby and Shaun get on track before Sports Day?
'A sensitive and gently humorous portrayal of dealing with difference. The family relationships, and the complicated tangle of sibling rivalry and love, all ring with truth.'Wendy Orr, author ofNim's Island
ISBN: 9780702253737
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 304
Dimensions: 198mm x 131mm x 22mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A compelling verse novel about sibling rivalry, sporting excellence and self-doubt from a fresh new Australian voice.
Everyone saysyou couldn't gettwo brothers moredifferent thanShaun and Toby.
Toby struggles at school, has a stumbly, fumbly, bumbly body and thinks that Sports Day is the worst day of the year. No matter how hard he tries, he's not good at anything . . . except running away from his 'big, better brother'.
Shaun is top of his class and does everything first, better, best! He can't wait for Sports Day - D-Day for discus. But when his 'joke of a brother' is around, nobody notices the things Shaun can do.
Will Toby and Shaun get on track before Sports Day?
'A sensitive and gently humorous portrayal of dealing with difference. The family relationships, and the complicated tangle of sibling rivalry and love, all ring with truth.'Wendy Orr, author ofNim's Island
