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Hard Yards by Melissa Lucashenko

A powerful story of life and death on the run, from the Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning author of Too Much Lip Roo Glover has two highly desirable talents - he can fight, and he can run like the clappers. In the inner-city's harsh code there are losers and survivors, and Roo's a survivor. He's made it through foster care, juvenile detention and poverty. He's an athlete, aching towards the dream of Olympic qualification. He's even coping with being white in the turbulent Aboriginal family of his girlfriend. But when cousin Stanley dies in custody, and Roo finds his father in the same week, trouble starts biting at his heels.

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Item	405283037846
Seller	yourglobalmall ( 42268 ⭐ ) 97.1% Location: Hillsdale, AU, NSW Accept Payments With ,
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Condition	Brand New
EAN	9780702266089
UPC	9780702266089
ISBN	9780702266089
Format	Paperback, 272 pages, 2nd Edition
Author	Melissa Lucashenko
Book Title	Hard Yards by Melissa Lucashenko
Item Height	2.3 cm
Item Length	19.7 cm
Item Weight	0.27 kg
Item Width	13 cm
Language	Eng
Publisher	University of Queensland Press

A powerful story of life and death on the run, from the Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning author of Too Much LipRoo Glover has two highly desirable talents - he can fight, and he can run like the clappers. In the inner-city's harsh code there are losers and survivors, and Roo's a survivor. He's made it through foster care, juvenile detention and poverty. He's an athlete, aching towards the dream of Olympic qualification. He's even coping with being white in the turbulent Aboriginal family of his girlfriend. But when cousin Stanley dies in custody, and Roo finds his father in the same week, trouble starts biting at his heels.