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Don't Peak at High School: From Bullied to A-List

Edited by Fiona Scott-Norma

'The irony is that the majority of people who are admired and respected in the world probably came from this kind of background... I never went to anything cool, the first time I went to a Big Day Out, I was 23 and playing at it!' Megan Washington

For the one in four Australian kids affected by bullying, the so-called ‘best days of your life’ can feel more like Guantanamo Bay for Teens. In Don’t Peak At High School, Australia’s most talented, successful and popular stars reveal how being bullied shaped their lives.

Surprisingly entertaining and thoroughly inspiring, this book will reassure teenagers and provide precious insight for parents and teachers.

'These stories offer strategies to cope and conquer, as well as inspiring and inventive ways to deal with what feels like the undealable,' says editor and energy behind the book, Fiona Scott-Norman. 'These are stories not only of survival, but of people who've flourished despite inauspicious beginnings. Coincidence? Not likely.'

Contributors include:

Brendan Cowell, Megan Washington, Adam Goodes, Penny Wong, Charlie Pickering, Tim Ferguson, Bindi Cole, Judith Lucy, Paul Capsis, Eddie Perfect, Benjamin Law, Marieke Hardy, Kate Miller-Heidke, Wendy Harmer, Brendan Cowell and Adam Boland

Praise for Don't Peak at High School

'Full of wry humour, pearls of hard-won wisdom and harrowing stories … Some are funny, others are confronting. Ultimately, all 15 are uplifting – testimonies to individual defiance, discipline, ingenuity and resilience.' The Big Issue