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Six Impossible Things

by Fiona Wood

Six goals amid family upheaval

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Six goals amid family upheaval

Dan Cereill’s list of six goals gives the story a clear frame for the pressures gathering around him: a changed family fortune, a move to a new school, his mother’s struggling wedding-cake business, his father’s coming out, and a crush on the girl next door. The concerns range from practical efforts to find work and support his mother to the more uncertain business of figuring out how to behave well. Family change and the awkward adjustments of adolescence sit side by side, with Dan trying to make sense of several unsettled parts of his life at once.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens interested in stories about family change and adjusting to a new school.
  • Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories centered on an awkward protagonist and a crush.
  • Young adult readers interested in alternative family dynamics.

Themes

Family changeAdolescence and self-understandingSchool transitionCrushes and attractionWork and responsibility

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Book overview

In this charming story of one guy's efforts to get it together when his life is falling apart, award-winning author Fiona Wood introduces an irresistible voice and a delightfully awkward character who is impossible to forget.

1. Kiss Estelle.

2. Get a job.

3. Cheer my mother up.

4. Try not to be a complete nerd/loser.

5. Talk to my father when he calls.

6. Figure out how to be good.

Nerd-boy Dan Cereill is not quite coping with a whole heap of problems, including a reversal of family fortune, moving, new-school hell, a mother with a failing wedding cake business, a just-out gay dad, and a massive crush on Estelle, the girl next door. His life is a mess, but for now he's narrowed it down to just six impossible things....
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