Christopher Currie

Simon and his parents arrive in the small town of Reception and check in to the Ottoman Motel. Then, while Simon is asleep, his parents disappear. Are they lost? Has something terrible happened to them? Have they simply driven away and left him? All Simon knows is that he is alone in a strange town. And, as a desultory police...

In a town like Barwen, you only have to be a bit different to feel like a freak. Clancy, a typical 16-year-old gay misfit with a moderately dysfunctional family, a genuine interest in Nature Club, and a major crush on the local hot girl, is packing a capital F. As the summer begins, Clancy's dad is involved in a road...