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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 We Didn't Think It Through
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'The thought comes to me: This is how I die. Dally is going to lose control and crash us into a pole or a house and we will be killed on impact.

'The justice system characterises Jamie Langton as a 'danger to society', but he's just an Aboriginal kid, trying to find his way through adolescence.

'Jamie lives in Dalton's Bay with Aunty Dawn and Uncle Bobby. He spends his downtime hanging out with his mates, Dally and Lenny. Mark Cassidy and his white mates - the Footy Heads - take every opportunity they can to bully Jamie and his friends. On Lenny's last night in town before moving to Sydney, after another episode of racist harassment, Jamie, Dally and Lenny decide to retaliate by vandalising Mark Cassidy's car. And when they discover the keys are in the ignition… Dally changes the plan. Soon they are all in Mark Cassidy's stolen car cruising through town, aiming to take it for a quick spin, then dump it.

'But it's a bad plan. And as a consequence, Jamie ends up in the youth justice system where he must find a way to mend his relationships with himself, his friends, his family and his future.' (Publication summary)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2023 .
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      Extent: 288p.
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      • Published 04 Jul 2023
      ISBN: 9781760526931

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The Best Australian Children’s Books of 2023 : Alice Pung, Davina Bell, Sean Avery and More Shannon Wong-Nizic , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 December 2023;

— Review of What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do Davina Bell , 2023 single work picture book ; Nothing Alike Zewlan Moor , 2023 single work picture book ; Who's Afraid of the Light Anna McGregor , 2023 single work picture book ; Hello Twigs Andrew McDonald , 2023 series - author graphic novel ; Friendly Bee and Friends Sean E. Avery , 2023 series - author graphic novel ; Cub and Brown Edwina Wyatt , 2023 single work children's fiction ; The Perilous Promotion of Trilby Moffat Kate Temple , 2023 single work children's fiction ; Millie Mak the Maker Alice Pung , 2023 single work children's fiction ; Uncle Xbox Jared Thomas , 2023 single work children's fiction ; We Didn't Think It Through Gary J. Lonesborough , 2023 single work novel ; Royals Tegan Bennett Daylight , 2023 single work novel ; Scar Town Tristan Bancks , 2023 single work novel ; This Book Thinks Ya Deadly! : A Celebration of Blak Excellence Corey Tutt , 2023 multi chapter work biography ; It's the Sound of the Thing : 100 New Poems for Young People Maxine Beneba Clarke , 2023 selected work poetry ; How We Came to Be Sami Bayly , 2022 series - author picture book ; Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism Yassmin Abdel-Magied , 2023 single work information book
Speak Louder : Three Young Adult Novels by Indigenous Writers Julie Janson , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January - February no. 461 2024; (p. 43-44)

— Review of Burn Melanie Saward , 2023 single work novel ; We Didn't Think It Through Gary J. Lonesborough , 2023 single work novel ; Borderland Graham Akhurst , 2023 single work novel
Three recommendations by author Julie Janson of YA books written by Indigenous writers: Burn (Melanie Saward), We Didn’t Think it Through (Gary Lonesborough), and Borderland (Graham Akhurst).
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