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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 It's Not All About You Calma!
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Calma Harrison is in love. Not just with herself, but also with the handsome checkout guy at Crazi-Cheep. So stocking shelves at the Crazi- Cheep seems like the perfect job - until that annoying customer tries to hold up the store ... And then there's the small matter of the rest of Calma's life, which is fast falling apart: her absent father turns up after five years and wants to 'talk, ' her mother is clearly living a secret second life, and her new best friend is hiding something horrible. Calma is sure she knows exactly what's going on. And clearly her direct, personal intervention is required to make things right. Except . . . if she's wrong. And then her butting in will make everything much, much worse. Am I Right or Am I Right? is a whip-smart, wise-cracking, big-hearted novel about a girl who is learning that things are not always what they seem, and how to start again when you've gotten it all so very wrong (publisher blurb).

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  • Sequel to The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull.

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 , 2005 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 252p.
      ISBN: 1741144841
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Knopf ,
      2008 .
      person or book cover
      Alternative title: Am I Right? or Am I Right?
      Extent: 240p.
      ISBN: 0375836373 9780375836374
Alternative title: Calma embrouille et debrouille
Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Flammarion ,
      2007 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 346p.
      ISBN: 9782081634527 208163452X

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  • Also braille, sound recording.

Works about this Work

Untitled Ernie Tucker , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 41 no. 2 2006; (p. 78-79)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2006 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 50 no. 3 2006; (p. 8-14)
Untitled Mia Macrossan , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 37-38)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
It's Not All About You, Calma! Diana Hodge , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 2005; (p. 11)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Mike Shuttleworth , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , November no. 3 2005; (p. 21)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Jo Goodman , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 20 no. 4 2005; (p. 42)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Mike Shuttleworth , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , November no. 3 2005; (p. 21)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
It's Not All About You, Calma! Diana Hodge , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 2005; (p. 11)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Ernie Tucker , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 41 no. 2 2006; (p. 78-79)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Mia Macrossan , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 3 2005; (p. 37-38)

— Review of It's Not All About You Calma! Barry Jonsberg , 2005 single work novel
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2006 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 50 no. 3 2006; (p. 8-14)
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