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See moreFor Xavier McLachlan, rugby is life. Winning a 1st XV jersey means everything ... until he meets Nuala Magee. Has there ever been a a girl like her? She's feisty, she's troubled, she's dangerous. What will his mates think? Does he even care? Everything looks different now. Xavier McLachlan is in love.
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Short-listed for the CBCA Book of the Year- Older Readers "When can I hold you then?" He whispered. "I want to. I..." He was going to say I love you - but what did that mean? For Xavier McLachlan, rugby is life. Winning a 1st XV jersey means everything...Until he meets Nuala Magee. Has there ever been a girl like her? She's feisty, she's troubled, she's dangerous. What will his mates think? Does he even care? Everything looks different now. Xavier McLachlan is in love.
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ISBN: 9780702236297
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2007
Country: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 201.0mm
Weight: 312g
Pages: 324
About the Author
James Moloney has been writing for young people for more than twenty years. Once a teacher and a librarian, his thirty or so books - ranging in audience from seven to seventeen year-olds - have made him one of Australia's most respected authors. James' award-winning books have been translated into French, Korean, Lithuanian and Flemish/Dutch, and include Kill the Possum, Lost Property, A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove, Touch Me, and The Book of Lies. James' Aussie Chomps titles - The Mobile Phone Detective, Trolley Boys, 68 Teeth and Grommet Saves the World - continue to be amongst Penguin's best-selling titles. James and his wife, Kate, live in Brisbane with their three children.
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