Human Torpedo — Tim Winton

Lockie Leonard, hot surf-rat, is in love. The human torpedo is barely settled into his new school, and already he''s got a girl on his mind. And not just any girl: it has to be Vicki Streeton, the smartest, prettiest, richest girl in class.

What chance have you got when your dad''s a cop, your mum''s a frighteningly understanding parent, your brother wets the bed and the teachers take an instant dislike to you and then you fall in love at twelve-and-three-quarter years old?