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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Only Mostly Devastated
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'When Ollie meets Will over the summer break, he thinks he's found his Happily Ever After. But once summer's ended, Will stops texting him back, and Ollie finds himself short of his fairy-tale ending.

'A family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country - Will's school - and Ollie finds that the sweet, affectionate and comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn't the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, a basketball jock and, well, a bit of a jerk.

'Ollie isn't going to pine after a guy who isn't ready for a relationship. But as school life repeatedly throws them together, from music class to the lunch table, Ollie finds his resolve weakening.

'With the noisy drama of their friends as the backdrop - from ambitious Juliette and frosty Lara, to big-hearted Darnell and king-jock Matt - Ollie has a decision to make.

'The last time he gave Will his heart, Will handed it back to him trampled and battered. Ollie would have to be an idiot to trust him with it again. Right?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder Children's Books , 2020 .
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      Extent: 368p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 5 March 2020.
      ISBN: 9781444956481 (pbk), 9781444956498 (ebk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Wednesday Books ,
      2020 .
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      Extent: 304p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 3 March 2020.
      ISBN: 9781250315892, 1250315891
Form: audiobook
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Macmillan Young Listeners ,
      2020 .
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      Extent: 7 hrs and 48 minsp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 7 January 2021
      ISBN: 9781250265371

Works about this Work

The Adversary; The Animals in That Country; Only Mostly Devastated; Exciting Times; Stone Sky Gold Mountain; Almost A Mirror Ellen Cregan , Angus Dalton , Astrid Edwards , Elizabeth Flux , Jes Layton , Alan Vaarwerk , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2020;

— Review of The Adversary Ronnie Scott , 2020 single work novel ; The Animals in that Country Laura Jean McKay , 2020 single work novel ; Only Mostly Devastated Sophie Gonzales , 2020 single work novel ; Stone Sky Gold Mountain Mirandi Riwoe , 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel
The Adversary; The Animals in That Country; Only Mostly Devastated; Exciting Times; Stone Sky Gold Mountain; Almost A Mirror Ellen Cregan , Angus Dalton , Astrid Edwards , Elizabeth Flux , Jes Layton , Alan Vaarwerk , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , April 2020;

— Review of The Adversary Ronnie Scott , 2020 single work novel ; The Animals in that Country Laura Jean McKay , 2020 single work novel ; Only Mostly Devastated Sophie Gonzales , 2020 single work novel ; Stone Sky Gold Mountain Mirandi Riwoe , 2020 single work novel ; Almost a Mirror Kirsten Krauth , 2020 single work novel
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