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Summary: Julian Corkle's mother tells him he'll be a star one day, but not everyone shares Julian's dreams of stardom. In Tasmania a man wants a son for cricket purposes. Boys don't like dolls, they like Dinky toys. Not this boy, thinks Julian, who knows better than to tell his father the truth. And the family already has a cricket celebrity, Julian's sister Carmel. Julian knows better than to tangle with her bowling arm - it's the one she uses for punching. Julian has a bumpy journey as he lies his way through school and a series of dead-end jobs to ultimately find his calling