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In this charming story of one guy´s efforts to get it together when his life is falling apart, award-winning author Fiona Wood introduces an irresistible voice and a delightfully awkward character who is impossible to forget.

1. Kiss Estelle. 2. Get a job. 3. Cheer my mother up. 4. Try not to be a complete nerd/loser. 5. Talk to my father when he calls. 6. Figure out how to be good.
Nerd-boy Dan Cereill is not quite coping with a whole heap of problems, including a reversal of family fortune, moving, new-school hell, a mother with a failing wedding cake business, a just-out gay dad, and a massive crush on Estelle, the girl next door. His life is a mess, but for now he´s narrowed it down to just six impossible things....

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Praise for Six Impossible Things: "Told in Dan´s voice, the narrative reveals a young man whose sardonic view of himself and those around him provides an amused but angst-filled tone. There is situational humor, as well, in cinematic-like scenes, particularly in the classroom... Imagery is another of this novel´s strengths. Dan expresses his outsider status as being like a lemon rolling down an apple chute... The story´s charming and unique characters really carry the day. Readers will care about the teens who struggle to come of age."-VOYA (starred review)

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Fiona Wood lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her first novel, Six Impossible Things, was short-listed for the Children´s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year (Older Readers). Wildlife, her first novel published in the United States, was named the Children´s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year (Older Readers) and was short-listed for various other awards.

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