![]() It is currently on the NSW HSC syllabus list. The Story of Tom Brennan won the 2006 CBC Book of the Year - Older Readers and the 2006 Australian Family Therapists Award for Children's Literature. Since Burke started writing in 1999, she has published a number of acclaimed books for teenagers and young adults, including Children's Book Council Notable Books White Lies and The Red Cardigan, Aurealis Awards finalist Nine Letters Long, The Story of Tom Brennan, Faking Sweet, Starfish Sisters, Ocean Pearl and Pig Boy. With writers for parents, she grew up in a world of noise, drama and books, but she decided to become a nurse after her mother lost a long battle with cancer. Burke was born in Sydney in 1965, the fourth of five sisters. Tom is a survivor, but he needs a ticket out of the past just as much as Daniel. On Damon Styless eighteenth birthday, he is expelled from school. ![]() Tom's world explodes as his brother Daniel is sent to jail and the Brennans are forced to leave the small town Tom's lived in his whole life. An unmissable novel from the award-winning author of The Story of Tom Brennan. ![]() ![]() For Tom Brennan, life is about rugby, mates and family - until a night of celebration changes his life forever. An unmissable novel from the award-winning author of The Story of Tom Brennan. A powerful story of love and loss, secrets and revelations - and making sense of a past that once seemed perfect. ![]()
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