However, your advice to your efriend and your dealings with such an unfortunate situation display a maturity beyond your years. I hope that you will continue to provide this support to Milla and I would be happy to assist in this in whatever way possible.
I feel privileged to have been given an insight into the inner workings of one of my students. Next time, however, I recommend that you delete the swearing, the references to my nickname – Rex (very interesting) – and the accompanying commentary before you submit an assignment.
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S. Davies
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From: Milla Gainsberg [[email protected]]
To: Sim [[email protected]]
Subject: check it out
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Sim, Bitch Mayo marked our assignment …
Thanks to all our lovely models who made the characters come to life: Camille Werzowa, Julien Werzowa, W. Thomas Henry, Martha Amoroso and Celia Finkelstein.
A big thanks to Zoe Walton for her unending support, expertise and careful shepherding of the book, and Sarah Hazelton for her incredible insight and impeccable editing.
Thank you to our agent, Sophie Hamley, who believed in the book right from the beginning. Your advice and suggestions were invaluable to making it’s yr life possible. We love you!
Here and here: Tristan Bancks
Here, here, here and here: iStockPhoto.com
Here and here: Amber Melody
Here, here, here, here, here and here: Tempany Deckert/Brian Donovan
Just like Milla and Sim, many teens go through tough situations they don’t feel comfortable talking to their friends or family about. If you need help, reach out to a counsellor on a free hotline or website. It’s anonymous and they’re set up to help teens just like you.
For kids in Australia:
www.kidshelp.com.au or 1800 551 800
For kids in America:
www.childhelpusa.org;
www.nineline.org or 1800 999 9999
Actress and author Tempany Deckert divides her time between the United States and Australia. At sixteen she was a household name on the hit show Home and Away. By twenty-one she’d published her first series of young adult novels. Her success at such a young age led her to become a motivational speaker, teacher and author for teens who also want to achieve their dreams. Tempany writes for the stage and screen and continues to act. Find out more at www.tempanydeckert.com.
Tristan Bancks tells stories for the page and screen. He has a background as an actor and television presenter in Australia and the UK, starting out as a series regular on Home and Away at age seventeen. Tristan’s short films have won a number of awards and have screened widely in international festivals and on TV. Tristan has written several books for children and teens including the Mac Slater, Coolhunter and Nitboy series. Find out more at www.tristanbancks.com and www.macslater.com.au.
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It’s Yr Life
9781742746463
Published by Random House Australia, 2011
Copyright © Tempany Deckert and Trsitan Bancks 2009
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Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry
Author: Deckert, Tempany, 1978–
Title: It’s yr life / Tempany Deckert and Tristan Bancks
ISBN: 978 1 74166 397 6 (pbk.)
Target Audience: For secondary school age
Subjects: Pen pals – Juvenile fiction
Other Authors/Contributors: Bancks, Tristan
Dewey Number: A823.4
Cover photography, cover and internal design by Blueboat Design
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.
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