100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze
Clayton Zane Comber
Publication Date:
2 Jun. 2021
Format:
Paperback / softback
ISBN 9781460759455
Can a list save a life?
Xander Maze loves lists, and his grandmother is #1 on his list of People I Love Most in the World. But now that Nanna has stage 4 cancer, can a new list of 100 Remarkable Feats really save her?
Particularly when his list contains difficult things like #2 Make a Friend and #3 Make a Best Friend - plus #10 Kiss a Girl (preferably Ally Collins, the girl of Xander's dreams).
Funny, moving and with a protagonist you can't help but fall in love with, 100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze is a book about:
1. Never accepting the unacceptable
2. The power of lists
3. One boy's unconditional love for his nanna
PRAISE
This coming-of-age, pay-it-forward rom-com is filled with moments of poignancy for the reader.'
- Michael Earp, Books + Publishing
AWARDS
Shortlisted - Australian Book Design Awards 2022
Information
Book Type: Senior HighAge Group: 14 years +
Traffic Lights: Green/Amber
Class Novel: Yes
Good Reads Rating: 4.5/5
Literary Rating: 4.5/5
Review
Themes
list making, bullying, neurodiversity, belonging, eating disorders, agoraphobia, intergenerational relationships, family, friendship, quest, letter writing, missing teen, soccer, guilt, bonding, grief, loss, resilience
Content Notes
1. Lily tells Xavier she had trouble with eating during the year before. He notices scars on her wrist, and she said he shouldn't worry has her doctors said it was a cry for help only not something she really intended to do, as she couldn't have seriously hurt herself given she used a child's razor that couldn't even peel a potato. (p19). Towards the end of the book, she is hospitalised after relapsing due to not attending her therapy (she has been pretending to go and keeping it a secret from even her closest friends). In hospital, she gets the help she needs and is gradually able to return to normal life. 2. There are a couple of silly comments made to Xavier by Lily and later by Lachlan. Eg. "the girl you want to have intimate relations with" (p51), "nice lips "¦ perfect body "¦ got real wasted at "¦ party and let Tyson feel her up "¦ he said. They kinda feel like water balloons." (p52) "did you cop a feel "¦ of her goodies. Her fun bags. Her boobies." Xavier tells him Lachlan never to ask that again. (p143). 3. Language: bitch x 1, piss off x 2, shit x 5, bloody x 2. 4. Xavier has a crush on Ally. She gives him a kiss (peck) at a party (p138). 5. Tyler's parents let them drink alcohol at his house. Xander has a sip and it makes him feel sick (p136).Ally gets drunk (p135-138). Someone brings a case of beer to a party at Xander's (p172-3). Zach and Mara make out in Nanna's room. Xander kicks them out. Zach is busted for stealing his parent's alcohol (p169). 6. Johnny, a friend of Andi's, gives Xavier a fake ID (p206). They use it to take him into a bar so he can drink a beer (p207). Skinny dipping (p210-1). 7. Nanna dies, and there is quite a sad deathbed scene.
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