Mel's life is totally out of sync, at school, at home, everywhere. Pug is the only good thing - loving him, in his untidy room scented and shadowed with frangipani, she finds passionate fulfilment. But his world is so different from hers - can they possibly make it together? And can she let him in on her overwhelming secret?'Tough, tender, sexy, passionate, this is one of the year's best.' - Pam Macintyre, Age'The Best Thing is an impossibly good book. I felt enriched by reading it. It has the energy of a rock concert, and the finesse of a violin. I wish I'd written it.' - John Marsden'A beautiful book, a passionate novel of love, of learning, of loss and of new life.' - Sophie Masson
- ISBN13 9781864488241
- Publish Date 1 August 1998 (first published 1 August 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Imprint A&U Children
- Format Paperback
- Pages 184
- Language English
- URL https://allenandunwin.com/browse/books/9781864488241