Buzzard Breath & Brains
By (Author) James Moloney
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
6th June 2003
Australia
Children
Fiction
A823
Paperback
156
Width 130mm, Height 199mm, Spine 12mm
154g
A funny and poignant companion to James Moloney's award winning Swashbuckler. When the Principal's prized rose garden was vandalised, Rex and his mate Tony copped the blame. But it was a set-up and Tony is 'making enquires'. Rex's cousin Natalie is on the case as well ...Which way will Rex jump, as he discovers a new friend, an age-old dilemma and even NETBALL James Moloney, master storyteller for young people Swashbuckler Winner CBCA Book of the Year Young Readers 1996 Buzzard Breath & Brains Shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Young Readers 1999
James Moloney has been writing for young people for more than twenty years. Once a teacher and a librarian, his thirty or so books - ranging in audience from seven to seventeen year-olds - have made him one of Australia's most respected authors. James' award-winning books have been translated into French, Korean, Lithuanian and Flemish/Dutch, and include Kill the Possum, Lost Property, A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove, Touch Me, and The Book of Lies. James' Aussie Chomps titles - The Mobile Phone Detective, Trolley Boys, 68 Teeth and Grommet Saves the World - continue to be amongst Penguin's best-selling titles. James and his wife, Kate, live in Brisbane with their three children.