Writing name for: Jennifer Spence
Gender:
Female
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Crooked Leg Road
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2014
7204582
2014
single work
novel
young adult
mystery
''I'm not saying anything until you tell me some stuff. Like, who are you really?'
'I can't say,' said Skender.
'We're stuck, then,' said Kitty firmly. 'But I am sorry about spying on you. David's grandfather says he hasn't been kidnapped after all.'
'You were right, though, to think that he was in danger,' said Skender. 'I heard my parents talking. I don't think your friend is safe at all.''
'It's the end of a long, hot summer, and mystery is the last thing on the minds of friends Kitty, David, Andrea and Martin. Then Andrea spots a strange van parked behind David's house, and a few days later, he disappears. Kitty is convinced he's been kidnapped - and that the secretive new boy has something to do with it - but David's family say he's safe. Only why won't they say where he's gone?
'The friends don't know it, but they've stumbled on a sinister plot involving a criminal gang, a planned kidnap, and a school event that could go very, very wrong.' (Publication summary)
- 2015 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Children's Novel
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The Tunnels of Tarcoola
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2012
Z1834415
2012
single work
children's fiction
children's
mystery
''Come round here!' called David. 'We've found something.'
'I'm showing them.' Andrea pushed him aside. 'It's my cave!' She lowered herself into the hole. Her head disappeared, and a moment later they heard her voice, faint and slightly hollow. 'Come on!'
A network of tunnels leading under the park, a secret exit to an abandoned mansion, a hidden box of documents...all very mysterious, but it's just a game, right?
Wrong.
When shadowy figures start watching every move they make, Kitty, David, Andrea and Martin know they've stumbled onto more than a forgotten piece of history. They need to find all the answers fast, before someone beats them to it.' (From the publisher's website.)
- 2013 winner Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
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