Andy Deagon Blah Blah Blah
Stephanie Keeley
- A
- torturous
- road
- trip
- for
- the
- DEAGON
- family
- brings
- them
- to
- the
- caravan
- park
- where
- they
- will
- spend
- their
- summer
- holiday.
- It
- is
- 1972
- and
- the
- Vietnam
- War
- has
- taken
- its
- toll
- on
- Australia
- however
- twelve
- year
- old,
- ANDY
- DEAGON
- has
- bigger
- problems,
- she
- just
- wants
- stop
- feeling
- like
- a
- freak.
- Her
- younger
- sister
- EMMA
- seems
- to
- be
- going
- out
- of
- her
- way
- to
- ruin
- her
- life
- and
- her
- twin
- brothers
- JAMIE
- and
- MICHAEL
- are
- just
- an
- annoyance.
- Andy
- is
- looking
- forward
- to
- the
- summer
- holidays
- so
- that
- she
- can
- forget
- about
- her
- fear
- of
- high
- school
- and
- thinks
- that
- spending
- time
- with
- her
- friend
- LAURA,
- who
- she
- has
- known
- for
- the
- past
- three
- summers
- will
- make
- all
- her
- problems
- go
- away.
- Andy
- idolises
- Laura
- and
- somehow
- feels
- that
- spending
- the
- summer
- with
- her
- will
- give
- her
- the
- coolness
- she
- craves
- and
- needs
- to
- have
- when
- she
- starts
- High
- School
- in
- the
- new
- year.
- However,
- when
- Andy
- finally
- sees
- Laura
- again
- she
- is
- with
- friends
- from
- high
- school
- and
- things
- go
- horribly
- wrong.
- Laura
- even
- makes
- fun
- of
- Andy
- and
- Emma
- is
- incensed.
- She
- throws
- a
- ball
- covered
- in
- dog
- slobber
- at
- Laura,
- hitting
- her
- in
- the
- face.
- Laura
- takes
- it
- out
- on
- Andy
- and
- leaves
- in
- an
- angry
- state
- but
- Andy
- is
- so
- blinded
- by
- Laura
- that
- she
- only
- sees
- what
- her
- sister
- has
- done.To
- Andy
- the
- situation
- feels
- like
- the
- end
- of
- the
- world
- and
- she
- blames
- Emma
- for
- ruining
- her
- friendship
- with
- Laura.
- A
- huge
- fight
- between
- the
- two
- sisters
- results,
- leaving
- Mum
- no
- choice
- but
- to
- ground
- them.
- A
- day
- at
- the
- beach
- is
- nearly
- the
- last
- for
- the
- family,
- when
- Andy,
- Emma,
- their
- dad
- and
- twin
- brothers
- are
- swept
- out
- to
- sea.
- Andy
- is
- forced
- to
- keep
- Emma
- calm
- during
- the
- ordeal.
- The
- life
- and
- death
- situation
- helps
- instigate
- a
- thaw
- in
- the
- cold
- war
- between
- the
- two
- girls.
- When
- their
- parents
- and
- Jamie
- leave
- for
- a
- shopping
- trip
- to
- the
- nearest
- town,
- Andy,
- Emma
- and
- Michael
- take
- the
- opportunity
- to
- explore
- the
- town.
- At
- the
- local
- fisherman's
- wharf
- they
- meet
- a
- local
- boy
- called
- PAT,
- the
- same
- age
- as
- Andy.
- At
- first
- Andy
- mistakes
- his
- quiet
- manner
- and
- she
- thinks
- he
- doesn't
- want
- to
- be
- friends,
- but
- Pat
- has
- a
- secret
- that
- has
- devastated
- his
- family.Thanks
- to
- Pat,
- Andy
- learns
- to
- surf
- and
- her
- joy
- helps
- her
- forget
- all
- about
- her
- worries.
- Much
- to
- Andy's
- surprise,
- Emma
- feels
- the
- same
- way
- and
- the
- girls
- bond
- over
- their
- shared
- love
- of
- surfing.
- But
- will
- this
- new
- found
- peace
- last?
- Not
- if
- Laura
- can
- help
- it!Andy
- Deagon
- Blah
- Blah
- Blah
- is
- a
- story
- of
- summer,
- surfing
- and
- freedom.
- It
- will
- draw
- you
- in,
- make
- you
- laugh
- and
- sometimes
- make
- you
- cringe
- with
- embarrassment,
- but
- most
- of
- all
- it
- will
- simply
- make
- you happy
