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* Contents derived from the Ringwood,Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area,Melbourne - East,Melbourne,Victoria,:Puffin,2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lennie's great-grandfather played for the Cheetahs. So did his grandfather. So did his dad. They're footy legends. Lennie knows he's not legend material. When Calvin Calamari, a specky player, drop-punts in from up north into the Cheetahs' under-15 footy team, Lennie sees a way out. Calvin's cool, Lennie's laid-back, the family's happy, but there's another big problem they all need to solve.
Pup Morgan is a radical surfer. His dad, Mad Dog Morgan, is a surfing legend. Pup plus school, and Dad plus his job, just don't add up to happy times. One day they break out, and it's six weeks of full-on surfing and the ultimated in surfaris. But it's just as well Pup takes his lucky board shorts for the ride. Life as a shark biscuit in the surf is only part of Pup's problems.
The Razorblades are dirty. They play dirty. They fight dirty. When the Razors wreck the Top Boys' head-quarters, that's it. The Top Boys are going to get them - they're going to make the Razors eat dirt. But they need help. They need another Top Boy now. Someone real tough, someone who can out-skate the Razors, out-think them and out-fight them. Is Dixie the answer?
'You're a useless lump, Boxer. You'd forget your own head if it wasn't screwed on.' With that sort of grief, why should Boxer stay around? He hates the new school. He's scored another detention. So what? Who cares anyway? He's not coming back. Ever. His new mate, the Nicker, has ideas. But what the Nicker has in mind is really pushing the edge.
William Wilstinki, also known as Stinky, is new in town. Already he's a member of the Dare Devils. Breanna, head of the New Bardots, wants to kiss him. And now Big M, the school principal, tells him to 'shape up or ship out'. Life's one big dare or double-dare for Stinky, until a very cold episode with a huge iceblock gives Stinky's life a new twist.
* Contents derived from the Camberwell,Camberwell - Kew area,Melbourne - Inner South,Melbourne,Victoria,:Puffin,2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lennie's great-grandfather played for the Cheetahs. So did his grandfather. So did his dad. They're footy legends. Lennie knows he's not legend material. When Calvin Calamari, a specky player, drop-punts in from up north into the Cheetahs' under-15 footy team, Lennie sees a way out. Calvin's cool, Lennie's laid-back, the family's happy, but there's another big problem they all need to solve.
Pup Morgan is a radical surfer. His dad, Mad Dog Morgan, is a surfing legend. Pup plus school, and Dad plus his job, just don't add up to happy times. One day they break out, and it's six weeks of full-on surfing and the ultimated in surfaris. But it's just as well Pup takes his lucky board shorts for the ride. Life as a shark biscuit in the surf is only part of Pup's problems.
The Razorblades are dirty. They play dirty. They fight dirty. When the Razors wreck the Top Boys' head-quarters, that's it. The Top Boys are going to get them - they're going to make the Razors eat dirt. But they need help. They need another Top Boy now. Someone real tough, someone who can out-skate the Razors, out-think them and out-fight them. Is Dixie the answer?
'You're a useless lump, Boxer. You'd forget your own head if it wasn't screwed on.' With that sort of grief, why should Boxer stay around? He hates the new school. He's scored another detention. So what? Who cares anyway? He's not coming back. Ever. His new mate, the Nicker, has ideas. But what the Nicker has in mind is really pushing the edge.
William Wilstinki, also known as Stinky, is new in town. Already he's a member of the Dare Devils. Breanna, head of the New Bardots, wants to kiss him. And now Big M, the school principal, tells him to 'shape up or ship out'. Life's one big dare or double-dare for Stinky, until a very cold episode with a huge iceblock gives Stinky's life a new twist.
