90 Packets of Instant Noodles

90 Packets of Instant Noodles by Deb Fitzpatrick is a poignant YA novel that speaks across generations about the challenges of being a teenager.

Joel and Craggs are in it together. They drink together, they flirt with petty theft together and, when Craggs turns violent, they face the consequences together too. That's until Joel's dad makes a deal with the police. Craggs is off to juvenile detention and Joel to solitary confinement—ninety days of fending for himself in a remote bush shack with no radio, telephone, or fridge.

Miles from anywhere, Joel starts to like his own company, until one day the past tracks him down. Craggs is on his doorstep, and he hasn't changed a bit.