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loved this. Read it in almost a single sitting stopping only for food, Simmone Howell is right: Dan is an absolute sweetheart, I love that he has such little hope of success, but commits fully to every challenge, And yes, I loved sweet little Howard too,

Fiona Wood's writing is sharp and witty, and her characters are so likable and believable, I laughed out loud more than once and enjoyed the way all the emotional strands came together, Like I said: I loved it,
It is not exactly pleasant to wake up one day and find out that:
your father has declared himself gay and ditched you and your mother
your dad's business has gone bankrupt and you and your mother are on your own without a penny to your names

Add to that the fact that your house has been taken over by creditors along with furniture, clothes, personal belongings, EVERYTHING.
You have to leave your good, private school, your friends, and swallow the bitter humiliation,

This is what happens to Dan and his mom, They would have probably ended up like bums on a road if, unexpectedly, mom's old aunt Adelaide hadn't died of old age and left them with the use of her huge house/museum.

Dan has to face a new school, new friends and new "broke" status, as well as his blooming obsession with Estelle, a girl who lives next door.
All this while his mom desperately tries to start a new job to make to make ends meet and put the pieces of her life back together.


Dan isgoing on, This book and I, because of him, were off to a bit of a bumpy start,
First, I had difficulties relating to his boy's voice,
Then I had difficulties with him being so young,
Then I had difficulties with him being so old inside,
Then I had difficulties with him being such a hopeless loser and a dork, then with him being a liar.

And then, after aboutpages in in the book, I realized I had no difficulties with him at all.

Dan is an amazing voice, with a great selfdeprecating sense of humor, witty, extremely intelligent and so, so mature for his age.
He finds himself in a situation which would put to the test even an adult, It's not fair for a kid tormented by teen age and raging hormones to be burdened by so many responsibilities but Dan manages pretty well eventually.
He completely conquered him and I ended up liking him a lot, He's so cute I want to ruffle his hair,
And not only him, The thing about this book is that I realized I liked all the characters, they are all so well portrayed, each with their own quirks.
I wish I could be Dan's mom's friend, I wish I had a dog like Howard, with a psychotherapist look,

So don't be fooled by the girly cover or by the MC's young age, Ultimately, this book is about getting your shit together when you don't see the light at the end of the tunnel, possibly with a bit a of a sense of humor.

Very funny, fresh, well written and just downright amiable, it will be hard to resist the charm of Six Impossible Things' cast of characters.

Highly recommended!

And if you're still in doubt, I forgot to mention this is Australian YA, Enough Said.
This fulfilling story of friendship, loneliness, loyalty and love has two important ingredients going for it:

, Awfully sweet, but realistic characters There is no need to emphasize his unquestionably cute infatuation with his next door neighbor Estelle, because I lovedyearsold hero Dan for caring so much about his inherited and footsore dog Harold and for trying to pull his freshly

divorced and impoverished mom out of her misery and her imagined talks to her idol Thom Yorke anyway.
Said mom gets over her exhusband's confession to be broke and gay by unintentionally talking all the bridal customers of her recently started wedding cake business "I Do Cakes" out of wanting to marry at all.
A whole army of exceptional minor characters sweet, funny, excentric, truetolife compose the wholesome filling,
. Onthespot, humorous, crafty and perceptive language that melts on your tongue but is still not unlikely for a nerdy, funny and considerate teenaged boy.
Before I hand this book over to the next in line I have to save a few quotes, like for instance:
"Stress level: extreme.
It's like she was a jar with the lid screwed on too tight, and inside the jar were pickles, angry pickles, and they were fermenting, and about to explode.
"
or
"Fred is staying with his mother these holidays, She's living in London for six months, in Chelsea, studying Georgian underwear at the National Art Library, It's a thesis, not a fetish, "
or
"', . . you cow,' Estelle added, 'I heard that. ' 'Give the woman the geriatric audiology medal,' Estelle said, 'I heard that, too', her mother said, from the other side of the door, "

I really enjoyed "Six Impossible Things" it grew on me from chapter to chapter and I hope I have been making that sufficiently clear, but I think you have to wait for my friend Janina's I'm counting on you, Janina! review to put her finger onto the exact spot which makes this book just right.


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In Australia, this came out before Wildlife did, and I kind of wish the same thing happened here, While this is great read and I love that Dan's voice feels soyearold boy it's not as strong as Wildlife and suffers a bit because of that.


This is a funnier read, but it has a lot of heart, It's a bit of a twist on Cinderella, down to Dan's name, There's a sweet romance that blooms, and the things Dan has to tackle, including moving, his parents' split, his father's coming out, entering a new school, are well done, authentic, and really flesh out Dan as a compelling, sometimes downright dorky, character.
While I suspect many readers may be put off by what he does when trying to get to know Estelle, I thought it was kind of charming and funny in the way that's real to a boy his age.


A little reminiscent of the humor of Amy Spalding, in that sometimes it's laugh out loud, sometimes it's really subtle, and sometimes it's really about the heart and family.
Hoş bir kitap hem ergen sorunları hem aile sorunları biraz ironi katarak anlatılmış, aynı yazarın başka kitaplarını okuyabilirim açıkcası, Dan Cereill pronounced surreal, not cereal has undergone a rude awakening, At the same time that his mother inherited a heritagelisted house from her dead greataunt Adelaide, she discovered that her husband was both gay and bankrupt and they would have to move into said heritagelisted abode because the bank was repossessing everything else.


And so, Dan finds himself living in a pisssmelling, rundown relic, not talking to his out dad, about to start on the bottom rung at a new high school.


The only thing getting him through this teenage midlife crisis is the girl next door, Estelle, a hidden doorway leading into her attic, and a list of six impossible things

The List:

.
Kiss Estelle. I know. I havent met her yet, Technically. But it gets top spot regardless,
. Get a job. Were in a complete mess financially, Its down to me to tide us over moneywise if my mothers new business crashes,
. Cheer my mother up. Better chance of business not crashing if shes half okay,
. Its not like I expect to be cool or popular at the new school, but Im going to try not to be a complete nerd/loser.

. Should talk to my father when he calls, But how, when the only thing I want to ask is something I cant bear to hear the answer to: How could you leave us like this
.
The existential one. Figure out how to be good, I dont want to end up the sort of person who up and leaves his family out of the blue.


Six Impossible Things is a standalone YA novel from Australian author, Fiona Wood,

I loved this book for its simplicity, On the surface theres a lot of things happening in Dans life his gay dad, bankrupt family, new school and first real crush.
The book could have buckled under the weight of so many issues but Wood handles them with a deft hand and earnest male perspective.


Dan is our narrator, and its lovely to get a male perspective in Aussie YA, for a change.
Hes starting year nine when all his familial issues implode hes a sensitive soul who has spent the holidays crying under his doona and avoiding his dads phone calls.
Perhaps to distract himself from the things he cant change no money, divorced parents, gay dad he becomes a teensy bit consumed with his crush on the girl next door, Estelle.


This was a great and realistic way For Wood to explore such catastrophic issues, His mums coping mechanisms creep into the story, as does his avoidance of his dads olive branches and monetary decline.
But for Dan, Estelle is centre stage in his new life,

I loved Dan, Hes a smart and sensitive young man, with a cracking wit that especially shines through when he observes the social structure of his new public school.
Like his nicknaming of the transposable bracket girls omigod,

Six Impossible Things was a wonderful Australian young adult novel exploring cuttingedge issues through a voice of lovable innocence.

I wasn't comfortable with how some unforgivable stuff was too easily forgiven, Meet Dan Cereill.

Fourteen, smart, and totally adorkable, Hes also dealing with:
His parents divorce
. on account of his father being gay,
. Having to move and start a new school because dad lost their savings,
. Trying to shed his loser image and impress the girl next door as he ends up answering to dickhead in front of her on the first day of school,

Needless to say, things arent going well, After moving into his deceased aunt's house, the person he talks to the most is Howard, the judgmental poodle who came with the house.



Still, he has a list of six things, six seemingly impossible things, that he revisits and uses as a reference point to get through each day.
For example, in order to cheer up his momon the list, he confronts the school bully, Jayzo, about crank calling his house/mom's business.


Yeah, it doesn't work for Dan either,

Even as I cringed for him, I just wanted to give Dan a hug, I was cheering for him the whole way through and hoping that he'd end up taking the girl to the dance at the end.



This was so witty and heartwarming, I would be surprised that this is a debut novel except that the author is Australian, I appreciated how she tackled social issues such as homophobia without being heavyhanded or having her character rant on and on.
Dan is also prone to typicalyearold petulance, but I loved his character's development, There was such a sweetness to how he liked Estelle,


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Dear Dan, Love you big time!

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