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Fat Chance

Margaret Clark

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English
Random House Australia Children's Books
29 October 1993
Can you become 'The Face' when you look like a pregnant rhinoceros? Lisa wants to know. Can you snatch a modelling contract when you're fourteen and a social outcast, with a mother who pumps donuts, hot dogs and chilli pancakes into you like there's no tomorrow? FAT CHANCE!
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Imprint:   Random House Australia Children's Books
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 199mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   178g
ISBN:   9780091827663
ISBN 10:   0091827663
Pages:   192
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Recommended Age:   From 12 To 99
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Margaret Clark is one of Australia's most popular writers for young people. She has worked as a teacher and university lecturer and at the Geelong Centre for Alcohol and Drug Dependency. Her novels for older readers include THE BIG CHOCOLATE BAR, FAT CHANCE, HOT OR WHAT, KISS AND MAKE UP, FAMOUS FOR FIVE MINUTES and a trilogy about the Studley family- HOLD MY HAND OR ELSE!, LIVING WITH LEANNE and PULLING THE MOVES. BACK ON TRACK- DIARY OF A STREET KID, NO STANDING ZONE, CARE FACTOR ZERO, and BAD GIRL, four searing novels for young adults, have become bestsellers. Most recently her SECRET GIRLS STUFF, MORE SECRET GIRLS STUFF, and WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE SUCKS have been hits with her many fans. Her most recent titles FRIENDS FOREVER- A SECRET DIARY BY SARA SWAN (November 2005), SECRET FRIENDS' STUFF (2006) and TROUBLE ON TUESDAYS are current bestsellers. Margaret is a Doctor of Education and travels broadly speaking about her writing. Her books are published in 16 countries.

  • Short-listed for YABBA Award for Fiction - Older Readers 1997
  • Shortlisted for YABBA Award for Fiction - Older Readers 1997.

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