Deadly, Unna?
Ratings4
Average rating2.8
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Ratings4
Average rating2.8
Fourteen-year-old Gary Black's life in Australia centers around his large family and footy (Australian football), until he becomes friends with an Aborigine boy and realizes how horrible prejudice can be.
Series
2 primary booksDeadly, Unna? is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Phillip Gwynne.
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It only gets two stars because it does a decent job of commenting on social issues. Otherwise, a utterly unreadable book. The plot goes nowhere really, it just kinda meanders around before getting to what it wants to say about the social issues it addresses. I kept see plot points being set up and going, so is he going to.. or .. no? I spent the first three quarters wondering what this book was about. Football...no, A YA books about friends...no, teenage love...no, ahh finally... racism. It feels like 250 pages of some random kid from a random town, with a little commentary on social issues. Took me many sittings to finish- I found myself reading 5 pages and putting it down because of how boring it was. Would have given up within 30 pages if it wasn't required reading.
