Measuring Up

How long has it been since you’ve felt the sand between your toes?

Feet is seventeen when a Siren called Amity washes up from the ocean and calls his name. His mates are impressed, but Feet is terrified. He’s a virgin, his older brother’s just come out and the Siren “just wants to be friends”. What’s a man to do?

Identity and self-respect arrive like a new tide within Feet’s life, creating waves he’s not sure he can negotiate. Somehow, through the salt and the sunburn, Feet begins to discover the person he’d like to become. And, while avoiding the bigger issues of study and final exams, he recognises the things that truly matter.

Measuring Up is a chance to open the window and feel the sea breeze, a chance to remember what it was like when you first began to know yourself.

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Praise for Measuring up

“This novel puts a 2009 twist on the whole sex, surf, and sun premise that was so beautifully captured in the groundbreaking book Puberty Blues. . . . A fun, humorous coming-of-age story to be enjoyed by boys and girls alike, it will certainly resonate with readers over 15 years of age.”

–Australian Bookseller & Publisher
About Gabbie Stroud

About Gabbie Stroud

Hello! I’m Gabbie Stroud, recovering teacher now turned writer. My non-fiction books and essays Teacher, Dear Parents and Teaching Australia explore “teacher life” in Australian schools. I also write fiction! The Things That Matter Most is a story about the heartbreaking secrets of one student and his teachers in a regional school. Have the tissues ready! Also… The Things That Matter Most is currently being adapted for the screen. Woot! Woot! Now, I’m writing domestic noir with a chic-lit twist. The Angry Wives Club is my first book for disgruntled women and it certainly won’t be my last.

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Publications by Gabbie

My non-fiction books and essays Teacher, Dear Parents and Teaching Australia explore “teacher life” in Australian schools. I also write fiction! The Things That Matter Most is a story about the heartbreaking secrets of one student and his teachers in a regional school. Have the tissues ready! Also… The Things That Matter Most is currently being adapted for the screen. Woot! Woot! Now, I’m writing domestic noir with a chic-lit twist. The Angry Wives Club is my first book for disgruntled women and it certainly won’t be my last.

 

The Angry Wives Club
The Things that Matter Most
Dear Parents
Teacher
Measuring Up