Kill the Possum
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Kill the Possum
By (Author) James Moloney
Penguin Random House Australia
Penguin Random House Australia
7th April 2008
Australia
Classifications
Young Adult
Fiction
A823
Short-listed for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Older Readers 2009
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 21mm
268g
Description
A girl desperate to live a normal life. A family tormented by a monster's cruelty. Two boys with a plan to make him stop. Forever. From the award-winning author of Lost Property and Bridge to Wiseman's Cove comes a gripping and powerfully moving story of a family stretched to breaking point - and a portrait of a killer...
Author Bio
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.
