Being black 'n chicken, & chips / Matt Okine.
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TextPublisher: Sydney NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780733641688Other title: Being black 'n chicken, & chips : a novel | Being black and chicken, and chipsSubject(s): Grief -- Juvenile fiction | Adolescence -- Juvenile fiction | Teenage boys -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | Coming of age -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers -- Cancer -- Juvenile fiction | Modern & contemporary fiction | Teenagers -- Conduct of life | Teenage boys | Racially mixed people | Racially mixed people -- Fiction | Mothers -- Cancer -- Fiction | Teenage boys -- Fiction | Adolescence -- Fiction | Teenage boys -- Australia -- Fiction | Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Fiction | Mothers and sons -- Fiction | Grief -- Fiction | Coming of age -- Australia -- Fiction | Conduct of life -- Fiction | Australian fiction | AustralianGenre/Form: Humorous fiction. | Australian fiction | Young Adult fiction | Psychological fiction. | Humorous fiction. | Fiction. | Humorous fiction. | Bildungsromans. | Australian fiction -- 21st century. | Young Adult fiction | Australian fiction -- 21st century | Psychological fiction. | Bildungsromans. | Humorous fiction. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: "Mike Amon is a regular teenager. All he wants is to fit in. He wants to sit at the cool bench. He wants to be a star athlete. He wants his first kiss. He also wants his mum to survive. When his mum is suddenly diagnosed with advanced breast and brain cancer, Mike knows it's a long shot, but if he manages to achieve his dreams, maybe it'll give his mum enough strength to beat an incurable disease. In the meantime, he has to live with his African dad whom he doesn't really know, a man who has strange foreign ways - and who Mike doesn't really feel comfortable sharing his teenage desires and deepest fears with. He doesn't even want to think about what it might mean if his mum never comes home from the hospital. Based on his award-winning stand-up show, and the loss of his own mother when he was 12, Matt Okine's coming-of-age novel, Being Black n Chicken and Chips, is a funny, heart-warming, and sometimes surreal look at how young people deal with grief, the loss of loved ones, and becoming an adult - all whilst desperately trying to fit in with the other kids." -- Back cover.
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"Based on Matt Okine's award-winning stand-up show ... " -- Back cover.
"Mike Amon is a regular teenager. All he wants is to fit in. He wants to sit at the cool bench. He wants to be a star athlete. He wants his first kiss. He also wants his mum to survive. When his mum is suddenly diagnosed with advanced breast and brain cancer, Mike knows it's a long shot, but if he manages to achieve his dreams, maybe it'll give his mum enough strength to beat an incurable disease. In the meantime, he has to live with his African dad whom he doesn't really know, a man who has strange foreign ways - and who Mike doesn't really feel comfortable sharing his teenage desires and deepest fears with. He doesn't even want to think about what it might mean if his mum never comes home from the hospital. Based on his award-winning stand-up show, and the loss of his own mother when he was 12, Matt Okine's coming-of-age novel, Being Black n Chicken and Chips, is a funny, heart-warming, and sometimes surreal look at how young people deal with grief, the loss of loved ones, and becoming an adult - all whilst desperately trying to fit in with the other kids." -- Back cover.
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