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Book Type: Fiction, mystery for youth and above.

The Truth About Cancer is an absorbing story with a variety of important messages for young, if not all readers to discover.

Audience: Youth and Open.

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Synopsis:
"Waking early to the call of the ocean, the beach abandoned and a wind so strong that not even a lone gull dares to venture to the shore. The sky is bruised, the ocean menacing and even though it bares down on you, snarling, you do not feel at all intimidated. In fact you almost like that tickling feeling that comes from the deepest recess of your mind that tells you that it might be possible to die on a morning like this."

Trent, eighteen, poetic, charming and in love with life, on an unpredictable morning throws away his future as a professional surfer to write poetry. He thought he loved the ocean, with its beauty and its power, and then he met Cancer. Trent had never known the same elements could be matched, and yet he found them in a girl, named after the sign of the zodiac, she teaches Trent what life is really all about.

Trent's life takes a new direction as he and Cancer explore some questions that have long since plagued humanity. Clio, the Proclaimer and the muse of history, pushes Trent to take his writing to a new level, though his success as a poet causes him to ask what is really important: his life, or his love.

John, Trent's father and successful business man, observes the changes around him as his son finally meets the girl of his dreams. Yet things go deeper than they seem, and while Trent finds a love that he thought was not possible, his mother, Aida, rediscovers a little piece of her past that she thought had long been buried.

Author Bio - Megan McGrath:
At just sixteen when writing of the draft of this book Megan is probably one of the youngest authors to complete a full-length book. Megan has won several prizes for her other works to date including; Range Writers Queensland Poetry Competition, 2001 Henry Lawson Festival of Arts and 2001 National Story writing Competition. "The Truth About Cancer" won the Mosh-e National School student book section first prize. Megan also received a commendation for her short story "Strands of Golden Cable." Megan shows literary skills and ability far beyond age. The Truth about Cancer presents the reader with arrange of emotions and a switch of point of view through a change in person. The Poetry between chapters adds flow and sets the mood for each chapter and yet still stays with the pivotal point of the story. The use of flash back helps to develop characters and leads to a well-presented change of pace.

We believe that in twenty years from now Megan McGrath will be established as one of the best Australian writers to ever tap a key and or push a pen. The Truth About Cancer is not just an excellent read it is an excellent start to a good career.