Losing It (16 page)
Authors: Sandy McKay
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This is Sandy McKay’s first book for teenagers.
Her other books include junior fiction titles –
Recycled
(2001),
My Dad, the All Black
(2002),
Colin Goes Bush
(2003) and
Who Wants to be a
Millionaire?
(2004) She has also written books and stories for younger readers.
Sandy lives in Dunedin with her husband Craig, two teenage sons (Keri and Hamish), their nine-year-old daughter (Meg), and a doddery Staffordshire terrier called Stef.
Sandy’s favourite colour is green, her favourite food is blue cod and she says her main ambition in life is ‘to have “a room of my own” to write in’.
Recycled
2001
Colin Goes Bush
2002
My Dad, the All Black
2003
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
2004
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This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior permission of Longacre Press and the author.
Sandy McKay asserts her moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
© Sandy McKay
ISBN: 978 1 869798 81 9
A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of New Zealand.
First published by Longacre Press, 2007
30 Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Book and cover design by Christine Buess
Sketches on pages 61 and 118 by Katy Buess
Cover photograph by Lucinda King
Printed by Griffin Press, Australia
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