The Crush
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Crush
By (Author) Scott Monk
Random House Australia
Random House Australia
1st April 2005
Australia
Classifications
Young Adult
Fiction
A823
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 21mm
266g
Description
Fifteen-year-old Matthew Cassidy is an up-and-coming rugby league star. The talent scouts are circling him, his school team has reached the finals for the first time ever and he's determined to one day play professional. It's not bad for a down-to-earth guy from the poor side of town who lives with his mum above a fish 'n' chip shop. But despite being the team captain, his prowess and the embarrassing popularity among his mates, Matt really only wants one thing in life - a Dad. All his mates have one, so why can't he His Mum had fallen pregnant at 14 at a drunken party and never heard from his Dad again. However, the old adage 'Be careful of what you wish for' comes true. Matt receives an anonymous card on his 15th birthday. It's not from his Mum, his grandmother or one of his mates. The only clue is handwriting that matches a dozen letters he accidentally finds in his mother's bedroom - threatening letters about him. Matt tracks down the mysterious writer and discovers he had another grandmother - his paternal grandmother. And that his Dad is alive. His mother has been lying to him for 15 years. And her reason for doing so was to protect him from the truth- that his Dad's in ja
Author Bio
Scott Monk was born in Macksville NSW in 1974, grew up in Sydney and now lives in Adelaide. His first book with Random House, BOYZ 'R' US, won the Young Adults category of the 1997 Royal Blind Society's Talking Book Awards and RAW his second novel was also shortlisted for the same awards in 1998. Scott wrote BOYZ 'R' US when he was 19 and it was published by Random House when he was 21. RAW is one of the few young adult novels listed for study for the 2001 HSC in NSW. In 1999, he won South Australia's Young Journalist of the Year Award for his committment to youth affairs. He currently works for The Australian newspaper in Sydney. Scott's loves include Indian food, photography, cricket, chocolate, movies, thunderstorms, frogs, going to the gym and body-boarding.
