The Kids in the Halls
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Last published Sun, Mar 30, 2025
Australia, 1996. Mike is seventeen, a decent street-artist, and a terrible skater. Theo plays five instruments, smokes a pack a day, and just moved to Mike's school from Canada. He's about to introduce Mike to a world away from his own.
(Or: punk rock, friendship, and queer culture.)
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