This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in south australia is a. For example, the kids says heaps that was never part of the vernacular then. As the novel opens, blacky is worried about the imminent grand final and the responsibility he carries. On the borders of the municipality there is the point and this is where the indigenous australians or nungas live. The wonderful world of english resources deadly unna. It may be written by the author or publisher or quote praise from others. A simple outline for writing a killer book blurb ink and quills. Australian rules, directed by paul goldman and based on phillip gwynnes semiautobiographical novel deadly, unna. A useful worksheet to help your children understand book blurbs and help them write their own. Sep 25, 2016 a simple outline for writing a killer book blurb september 25, 2016 september 25, 2016 kaitlin hillerich in my last post, i mentioned that ive been working on a novella and shared some reasons why you should write one of your own.
Your blurb will be an important part of your marketing. Unused for some years, the schoolhouse has come to life. Blurbs were originally printed on the back or rear dustjacket of a book, and are now found on web portals and news websites. Writing a book blurb for your back cover, and other promotional uses, is one of the hardest steps for many authors. The big questions in life for most kids dont necessarily involve musings such as why white australians and indigenous australians shouldnt mix, and gary has plenty of other challenges from playing footy to being a man in. Jul, 2016 this is a worksheetactivity i ask my students to complete to gain an understanding of the context of the novel deadly unna.
The schoolhouse is located at 2 victoria street gerringong, opposite 2cronins hotel in belinda street. Once your title and cover have drawn the reader in, the blurb is what is going to make the difference between a missed opportunity and a sale. Phillip gwynne quotes showing 11 of 1 when you think of somebody all the time it means one of two things either you hate their guts or you like them a lot. Set in a small coastal town in south australia, it is a ritesofpassage story about the interracial friendship between australian rules football teammates gary blacky black, a white boy, and nunga dumby red. For the latest 891 book club news you can sign up to the 891 enewsletter mailing list.
It is aimed at a year 9 all indigenous class studying english eal, however, it can be tailored or used as an introductory activity for other groups. Blackys a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and hes white. Racism and smalltown bigotry world socialist web site. Blurb distinct from the back book cover blurb is this 12 line endorsement of a book by a celebrity or another author that sits on the books front cover. This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in south australia is a ritesofpassage story. A set of literacy themed a4 page borders for children to use as a stimulus in their independent writing. Then, write 12 additional sentences that explain the plot of the story in a general way. A blurb is a short promotional piece accompanying a piece of creative work. In this post, we tell you how to write a book blurb in five easy steps. Forster set against the backdrop of the late 1970s, the story of a chance meeting one summers night between two eighteen year olds unfolds. Lets rewind to the fact that ive made books with a lot of blurbs competitors in recent years. To write a good blurb, you have to make it short and exciting, yet relevant. Also available as lined, narrow lined, fully lined half lined and editable a wide variety of options to cover all activities.
Planning, preparing and organizing your book content is the first step in producing your novel. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in deadly, unna. Maybe if they provided the formula for this, you could build your own template in photoshop or anything else for that matter. Phillip gwynne can write sad dramatic moments very well but other times you need to read a paragraph once or twice to understand the meaning as he often goes trigger happy with commas and full stops. The issue is that the cover size needs to be computed based on the book type, the number of pages, the type of paper, etc. By day, clumsy panda po works faithfully in his familys noodle shop, but by night he dreams of becoming a true master of the martial arts. Blurbs print and paper quality were shockingly good. They do have indesign templates, which is the more appropriate tool for doing this. Do you think her character suffers for being a stereotype or cliche. It uses twilight as an example, but dont hold that against me. Blurb book border template classroom resource twinkl. The plot is centerd around aussie rules football, as gary black, our narrator, is a. This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. Sep 19, 2002 australian rules, directed by paul goldman and based on phillip gwynnes semiautobiographical novel deadly, unna.
Lethal unna is based upon a 14yearold character called blacky who lives in the port where the nonindigenous australians or the goongas live. Deadly unna chapter summaries essay 1683 words bartleby. You have one shot at introducing your story to your reader make it count. When you hear about authors being asked to blurb a book, its this endorsement theyve been asked to provide. Older readers in the 1999 childrens book council of australia awards. Feb 10, 2016 how to create a back book cover blurb that sells i just published a guest post which goes into this with some examples. Blackys a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows. The book deadly unna is good over all, but there are some large problems with it. It focuses on many tragic and disturbing events largely arising from racism between the white community and the nearby abo. In order to import your text into bookwrights flowing text containers, you will need to use microsoft word or similar text editor to output. Nov 15, 2019 when you need to write a blurb for a movie, book, or other project, start by writing a clever and catchy hook that introduces some of the characters and setting of the topic. Some of our customers attended the schoolhouse as pupils and now enjoy its renovated environment without fear of homework or detentions. Many authors write the book blurb as an afterthought. March 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message.
In doing this, id decided that affordably printed books were just always going to have suboptimal photo quality. Cathy seems to be the typical stuckup, spoilt rich girl. All the nungas did, but dumby more than any of them. On the jellicoe road by melina marchetta the book thief by markus zusak saving francesca by. Dumbys the star of the footy team, hes got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and hes a nunga. Your book blurb must be wellwritten to get a readers attention.