48 Shades of Brown

{{Short description|Novel by Nick Earls}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox book | name = 48 Shades of Brown | orig title = | translator = | image = 48 Shades of Brown by Nick Earls.jpg | caption = | author = [[Nick Earls]] | cover_artist = | country = [[Australia]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | genre = [[Young adult novel]] | published = 1999 ([[Penguin Books]]) | media_type = Print ([[Paperback]]) | pages = | isbn = 0-14-028769-8 | congress= PZ7.E1264 Aae 1999 | oclc= 44838606 }}

'''''48 Shades of Brown''''' is a young-adult novel by Australian author [[Nick Earls]],<ref name="The Conversation 2016">{{cite web | title=Nick Earls | website=The Conversation | date=9 August 2016 | url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/nick-earls-291096 | access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="smh.com.au 2006">{{cite web | title=48 Shades - Film Reviews - Film - Entertainment | website=smh.com.au | date=30 August 2006 | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/film-reviews/48-shades/2006/08/30/1156816962488.html | access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref> The novel has been adapted into a play and [[48 Shades|a film]].<ref name="smh.com.au 2006"/><ref name="The Conversation 2016"/>

==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-old aunt Jacq and her eccentric friend Naomi. His story is light-hearted and funny, with a definite twist of insanity.<ref name="Bantock.">{{cite web | last=Bantock. | first=Nick | title=Boy Proof, 48 Shades of Brown, The Order of the Poison Oak, and The Riddles of Epsilon - Reviewed by Colleen Mondor | website=Eclectica Magazine v9n3 | url=http://www.eclectica.org/v9n3/mondor_boy.html | access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref>

==Adaptations==

In 2001, [[Philip Dean]] adapted the novel into a play for the [[La Boite Theatre Company]]. The play's script was published by [[Currency Press]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dean|first=Philip|title=48 Shades of Brown|year=2001|publisher=Currency Press|location=Sydney|isbn=9780868196527|url=http://www.currency.com.au/product_detail.aspx?productid=524&ReturnUrl=/plays-general.aspx|access-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327214842/http://www.currency.com.au/product_detail.aspx?productid=524&ReturnUrl=%2Fplays-general.aspx|archive-date=27 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The novel was also adapted into a film, titled ''[[48 Shades]]'', which was released on DVD after screening across cinemas in Australia in 2006.

==References== <references />

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070203072459/http://www.cbc.org.au/2009.htm Children's Book Council of Australia] The Children's Book Of The Year Awards: Winners and Shortlists 2000–2009. *[http://www.nickearls.com/brown.html Sunny Garden] Official Nick Earls website blurb, praise and jacket designs. {{Portal |Children's literature}}

[[Category:1999 Australian novels]] [[Category:1999 English-language novels]] [[Category:Australian young adult novels]] [[Category:Australian novels adapted into films]] [[Category:Novels set in Queensland]] [[Category:Novels by Nick Earls]] [[Category:Children's books set in Queensland]]