Hating Alison Ashley (novel)
- Hating Alison Ashley (novel)
"Hating Alison Ashley" is a 1984 Australian novel (Puffin Books, London and Melbourne, ISBN 0-14-031672-8) by science fiction and children's author Robin Klein. Written as a teen comedy, the book has a strong moral undercurrent about the pursuit of happiness and perfection, the pressures of growing up and the power of friendship. It portrays the agonies of being a teenager, school-girl rivalries, constant embarrassment by family, and painful and often brutally funny awkwardness and insecurity. One of Klein's most popular teen novels, it has since become a standard English text for school students across Australia.
The book was nominated for 8 Australian literature awards and won the "Young Australian Best Book Award" (YABBA) in 1986 and the "Kids Own Australian Literature Award" (KOALA) in 1987.
It has since become a play, directed by Richard Tulloch, and a film, "Hating Alison Ashley" by Geoff Bennett with Delta Goodrem in the title role.
External links
* [http://www.penguin.com.au/PUFFIN/catalog/f_catalog.cfm?SBN=0140316728 Puffin Books site]
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