He's amped up on rage and always looking for a fight. His brother Red, on the other hand, is eighteen now and working the farm. 'Sandy Douglas knows that life at fifteen is hard, but it's even harder when your mother died a year ago and nothing's gone right since. It's like I'm not meant to be here but I am. I live on a farm but I get hay fever and I'm scared of goats. I live in the Mallee but I don't like the desert. 'Sometimes I feel like I'm neither one thing nor another. Y Mallee Boys Mile End: Wakefield Press, 2017 12169807 2017 single work novel young adult Abstract
Notable Book - Younger Readers 2022 winner The Readings Children’s Book Prize 'Charlie Archbold’s action-packed new middle-grade adventure is a fun story of sleuthing, courageous deeds, the triumph of good over evil – and the power of friendship.' (Publication summary) 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. 'And how will they outwit Sebastian, the legendary gigantic saltwater crocodile? 'Can they find it without getting lost forever? 'Does it hold the evidence they need to prove Jacob’s innocence? The trail points to a mysterious red-bottomed boat rumoured to be hidden deep in the mangroves.
'So, with the help of twins Bernice and Fletcher (AKA Bernie and Fletch) and Andy’s trusty sausage dog, Washington, they set out to hunt for clues to what really happened. But something is not right, and Andy and Eli need to work out what, and fast or Jacob will end up in jail. When Eli’s cousin Jacob is arrested for a jewellery theft, Andy and Eli both know he is innocent.
'Andy and his best friend Eli live in a small coastal town in far north Queensland. No one, unless they had a very good reason. No one would head into crocodile heartland in the middle of a dark night. Y The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-Bottomed Boat Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2022 23603377 2022 single work children's fiction children's Abstract
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