Kate O'Brien Kate O'Brien i(A72324 works by) (a.k.a. Kathleen O'Brien)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Dream On Kate O'Brien , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1994 Z1311390 1994 single work novel young adult
1 y separately published work icon Out of Control Kate O'Brien , Chippendale : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1993 Z1311383 1993 single work novel young adult

'Claudia and the gorgeous mixed-up James Doherty are in love. After a blissful summer together she's back at Kingston High armed with a new year's resolution to be a star pupil - for a change. Somehow though James seems to be taking up a lot of her time. He's dropped out of school and half the time Claudi has no idea where he is or what he's doing. Could he be seeing another girl? Or is his horrible family driving him round the bend? Claudia tries to sort things out, but James seems to have other plans...' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Surfer Girl Kate O'Brien , Sydney : Pan , 1993 Z1311370 1993 single work novel young adult ‘Nina can’t believe it when her father announces he’s taking her on a six-month tour through the outback. Maz, her sister, thinks correspondence school sounds great, but the last thing Nina wants to do is leave Bondi Beach High and her beloved ocean. Not to mention her boyfriend Marcus. But she has no choice. A few weeks later, Nina’s camping in the hot, dusty outback town of Western Rige. She’s thousands of kilometres away from the surf, and letters from Marcus are few and far between. Maybe working with French backpacker J-J in the local café will relieve her misery…’ (Publisher’s blurb)
1 y separately published work icon The Trouble with Claudia Kate O'Brien , Sydney : Pan , 1992 Z1180681 1992 single work novel young adult ‘Claudia’s had enough. Her smart alec comments used to make people laugh but now everyone seems to be against her. Ever since her dad died, life’s been a bit of a struggle: fighting with her mother at home, in trouble at school, her two best friends practically on another planet with their new boyfriends. Claudia thinks it’s enough to put you off love for life – until James Doherty turns up at school. Within two weeks he’s been branded a troublemaker, like Claudia. But one look into James’s black eyes convinces Claudia there’s much more to him than that…’ (Publisher’s blurb)
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