The Year of Freaking Out

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The Year of Freaking Out
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Author Sarah Walker
LanguageEnglish
Genre young adult,
lesbian
Publisher Pan Macmillan Australia
Publication date
1997
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages230 pages (first edition, hardback)
ISBN 0-330-35972-X (first edition, paperback)
OCLC 38407159

The Year of Freaking Out is a 1997 Australian young adult novel by Sarah Walker about 17-year-old Kim, her relationship with her childhood friend Matthew and her passionate friendship with the new girl at school, Rachel.


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