Play the Game

Name: Play the Game
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SKU: 9781760121754
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Choose Your Own Ever After

By Nova Weetman

Series: Choose Your Own Ever After

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When it comes to netball, Edie Thomas is a natural. She's only ever played for fun and to hang out with her netball-mad bestie Tess. But when Edie makes the state team, it looks like netball will be taking centre stage. Until... 1. Edie drops out... Read More

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1. Edie drops out of the team when she scores a lead role in Romeo and Juliet opposite her long-time crush, Freddy. But will the school play be all that Edie dreams it will be? And will Tess ever forgive her for dumping netball?

2. Edie begins to resent netball taking over her entire life. Can a cute distraction, in the shape of footballer hottie Finn, rekindle her passion for sport or will she quit netball for good?

In this pick-a-path story YOU get to make Edie's decisions, and choose where her story goes. Follow your heart right to the end, or go back and choose all over again.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760121754

Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 June 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

Illustration: N-A

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 280g

Pages: 320

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Nova Weetman Series: Choose Your Own Ever After Young Adult

About the Author

Nova Weetman is the author of three books in the cult hit Choose Your Own Ever After series – Change of Heart, A Hot Cold Summer and Play the Game.

Nova's novels for children and young adults have received numerous award commendations, including Children's Book Council of Australia, the Readings Prize, and the Sisters in Crime Association's Davitt Awards. Her junior fiction series is Noah and Blue’s Zooniverse.

Nova has also published numerous short stories and written for television shows such as Neighbours and Backyard Science. She wrote the short films Ripples and Mr Wasinski’s Song, which received an AWGIE nomination and won the Best Australian Short at Melbourne International Film Festival.

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