Publisher details

Author: Scot Gardner
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Released: 24 February, 2016
ISBN: 9781760290399

The Way We Roll

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Synopsis

From the author of the award-winning The Dead I Know comes an urban 'bromance' with an unexpected twist, featuring a boy from the upper end of town who finds refuge and friendship pushing trolleys at the local supermarket and avoiding a troubling secret in his own past.

Will went to private school, and Julian went to juvie. Will is running from a family secret, and Julian is running from the goat next door. The boys meet pushing trolleys, and they find a common enemy in the Westie hoons who terrorise the carpark.After a few close calls, Will has to nut up and confront his past. But on the way, he learns a few things about what it means to be a friend - and what it means to be family.The Way We Roll is a rattling urban bromance made of plastic and stainless steel. Brace yourself.

About the author

Scot Gardner

Scot Gardner became a writer after a chance meeting with a magazine editor while hitchhiking in eastern Australia. Magazine articles led to op-ed newspaper pieces and eventually novels. Scot's first fiction for young adults,One Dead Seagull, was published after he attended a writing camp with John Marsden.More than a decade later, his many books have found local and international favour and garnered praise and awards for their honest take on adolescent life. They include books like White Ute Dreaming, Burning Eddy and most recentlyHappy as Larry, winner of a WA Premier's Book Award for young adult fiction, and The Dead I Know, winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Older Readers.Scot lives with his wife and some chickens in country Victoria.