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Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards / Children's Fiction 1990Winner American Library Association / Best Books for Young Adults 1993Bestselling author, Tim Winton, delivers the iconic trio of books that are still the foremost definitive texts on contemporary Australian life for teenage boys.Lockie Leonard, hot surf-rat, is in love. The human torpedo is barely settled into his new school, and already he's got a girl on his mind. And not just any girl: it has to be Vicki Streeton, the smartest, prettiest, richest girl in the class. But what chance have you got when your dad's a cop, your mum's a frighteningly understanding parent, your brother wets the bed and the teachers take an instant dislike to you and then you fall in love at twelve-and-three-quarter years old? It can only mean trouble, worry, mega-embarrassment and some wild, wild times.Tim Winton's coming-of-age novel is relevant, funny, and touching. Lockie Leonard's family has moved from Perth to the East Coast of Au

Winner Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature 1993Bestselling author, Tim Winton, delivers the iconic trio of books (for children) that are still the foremost definitive text for contemporary Australian life for teenage boys.Nothing's easy for Lockie Leonard. Dumped by his girlfriend, he's back to being the loneliest kid in town and life looks bleak. That is until he meets Egg - who might be the weirdest human being he's ever met.On top of all that, Lockie decides to save the planet; at least the bit of it he lives on. Then he falls in love again, which would be OK except she's younger and surfs better. Can a 13-year-old surfrat have a headbanger for a best mate? Will he save the town from vile pollution? Will his love outlast the school term?Another gnarly situation for Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster!'Winton knows surfing, understands adolescence, and exhibits great comic pacing; he's a flat-out good writer, and this is a flat-out funny book.'Kirkus Reviews

Winner Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA) / Younger Readers 1997Winner CROW Award 1994What happens when everyone's bums in the whole town are stolen? And how do you get them back? A wacky story from an award-winning author, Tim Winton.Skeeta Anderson woke up one morning to find that his bum was gone. And not only his bum, but the bum of every single person in the town of Bugalugs. It's up to Skeeta to catch the thief ...'Irreverent, ocker and great fun, Wemyss's light hearted re-telling, complete with silly sound effects, is verbal slapstick at its best.'Magpies Magazine'Tim Winton may be one of Australia's most famous authors of serious adult fiction, but one hearing of The Bugalugs Bum Thief will make you wish he'd write more often for children. This is a ridiculously sublime story about what happens when everyone in town wakes up to find their - ahem - bums missing.'AudioFile Magazine

Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards / Children's Fiction 1990Winner American Library Association / Best Books for Young Adults 1993Bestselling author, Tim Winton, delivers the iconic trio of books that are still the foremost definitive texts on contemporary Australian life for teenage boys.Lockie Leonard, hot surf-rat, is in love. The human torpedo is barely settled into his new school, and already he's got a girl on his mind. And not just any girl: it has to be Vicki Streeton, the smartest, prettiest, richest girl in the class. But what chance have you got when your dad's a cop, your mum's a frighteningly understanding parent, your brother wets the bed and the teachers take an instant dislike to you and then you fall in love at twelve-and-three-quarter years old? It can only mean trouble, worry, mega-embarrassment and some wild, wild times.Tim Winton's coming-of-age novel is relevant, funny, and touching. Lockie Leonard's family has moved from Perth to the East Coast of Au

Winner Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature 1993Bestselling author, Tim Winton, delivers the iconic trio of books (for children) that are still the foremost definitive text for contemporary Australian life for teenage boys.Nothing's easy for Lockie Leonard. Dumped by his girlfriend, he's back to being the loneliest kid in town and life looks bleak. That is until he meets Egg - who might be the weirdest human being he's ever met.On top of all that, Lockie decides to save the planet; at least the bit of it he lives on. Then he falls in love again, which would be OK except she's younger and surfs better. Can a 13-year-old surfrat have a headbanger for a best mate? Will he save the town from vile pollution? Will his love outlast the school term?Another gnarly situation for Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster!'Winton knows surfing, understands adolescence, and exhibits great comic pacing; he's a flat-out good writer, and this is a flat-out funny book.'Kirkus Reviews

Winner Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA) / Younger Readers 1997Winner CROW Award 1994What happens when everyone's bums in the whole town are stolen? And how do you get them back? A wacky story from an award-winning author, Tim Winton.Skeeta Anderson woke up one morning to find that his bum was gone. And not only his bum, but the bum of every single person in the town of Bugalugs. It's up to Skeeta to catch the thief ...'Irreverent, ocker and great fun, Wemyss's light hearted re-telling, complete with silly sound effects, is verbal slapstick at its best.'Magpies Magazine'Tim Winton may be one of Australia's most famous authors of serious adult fiction, but one hearing of The Bugalugs Bum Thief will make you wish he'd write more often for children. This is a ridiculously sublime story about what happens when everyone in town wakes up to find their - ahem - bums missing.'AudioFile Magazine