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48 Shades of Brown
48 Shades of Brown is the title of a young-adult novel by Australian author Nick Earls, published by Penguin Books in 1999. The novel was awarded "Children's Book of the Year: Older Readers" by the Children's Book Council of Australia in 2000. The novel has been adapted into a play and a film.
Plot.
In his final year at school, and with his parents overseas, Dan is forced to grow up fast when he moves in with his 22-year
readers in 2000. Several of his novels ("After January" and "48 Shades of Brown") have been adapted for theatre, and "48 Shades of Brown" was adapted into a film entitled "48 Shades", released in August 2006. Earls has also written other novels, including "Bachelor Kisses" (which borrows its title from a song by Brisbane band The Go-Betweens), "Perfect Skin", "World of Chickens", "The Thompson Gunner", and young adult novels