Description
A gripping tale that builds to an explosive climax from twice Carnegie-winner, Geraldine McCaughrean.
When her mother dies from a snake bite, Comity's life in the Australian outback changes for ever.
With her father lost in his grief, Comity makes friends with Fred, the Aboriginal yard boy. But then the evil Quartz Hogg arrives, who delights in playing cruel games. And when he sets his murderous sights on Fred, it's up to Comity to stop him.
About the Author
Geraldine McCaughrean is one of today's most successful and highly regarded children's authors. She has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal twice: first in 1988 with A Pack of Lies and again in 2018 with Where the World Ends. She's won the IBW Book Award 2018, the Whitbread Children's Book Award three times, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award four times, the prestigious U.S. Printz Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Geraldine lives in Berkshire with her husband John and the lingering shades of all those characters she has invented in her books.
Awards
Winner of Young Quills Award for Historical Fiction 2014 and Lovereading4kids Books of the Year 2014. Short-listed for Little Rebels Children's Book Award 2014 and Essex Book Awards 2015 and The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015 and Hillingdon Primary Book of the Year 2015. Long-listed for The UKLA Book Awards 2013.
Book Information
ISBN 9781409570516
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Usborne Publishing Ltd
Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd
Series Usborne Modern Classics
Weight(grams) 289g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 19mm