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Another Night in Mullet Town
by Steven Herrick

An iridescent verse novel from award-winning author Steven Herrick that shines light on friendship, family and finding your way.

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People like you and me, Jonah,

we drag down the price of everything we touch.

Life for Jonah and Manx means fishing for mullet at the lake, watching their school mates party on Friday night and wishing they had the courage to talk to Ella and Rachel.

But now their lakeside town is being sold off, life doesn’t seem so simple. Manx holds a grudge against the wealthy blow-ins from the city and Jonah just wants his parents to stop arguing.

One memorable night at the lake will change everything.

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Sydney Morning Herald

‘Herrick uses verse as a force multiplier, delivering sharp observations with terrific economy.’

The CBCA’s Reading Time

‘It may particularly attract a reading reluctant male audience with its sparse prose and gentle humour ...’

Kids’ Book Review

‘Steven Herrick’s knack of crystallising truth in a few words makes each short verse-page a delight.’

Steven Herrick

Steven Herrick is the author of twenty-five books for children and young adults. His books have twice won the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards and have been shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards on nine occasions. In 2019, his bestselling young adult novel, The Bogan Mondrian, was shortlisted for CBCA's Book of the Year: Older Readers Award and the Queensland Literary Awards - Griffith University Young Adult Book Award. His latest novel, How to Repaint a Life was shortlisted for the 2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards: Older Readers. He is widely recognised as a pioneer of the verse-novel genre for young adults. He is also the author of six travel books. He spends nine months of the year visiting schools in Australia and three months on his bicycle, travelling around, pedalling slowly and thinking about his next book.