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Tony really wants to be in the cricket team but his mum tells him he has to visit his dying gran, so he'll miss the trials. On top of that, he falls off his bike, his best friend tells him he's going away to boarding school, his new cricket gear is stolen, and the girl he hates most in the world gets him into trouble at school. Life just has to improve. Suggested level: primary, intermediate "Winner of the 2000 Tom Fitzgibbon Award for best children's fiction by a previously unpublished writer"--Back cover