'The mist lifted the moment he stepped through. And there was the watertower at the summit. His watertower This was what he had come for.
'In the award-winning book The Watertower, readers were introduced to the small town of Preston and the old watertower that stands outside the town. It is a place where Bubba and Spiro go to play and swim. But what lurks in the deep waters? Why are the townspeople changing? In Beneath the Surface, Spiro, now a doctor of science, returns to uncover the mystery and to find an explanation for the nightmares that haunt him. What he discovers will change his life forever.' (Publication summary)
The Watertower
Steven Woolman
(illustrator),
Adelaide
:
Era Publications
,
1994
Z282128
1994
single work
picture book
mystery
children's
(taught in 5 units)
On a scorching hot summer day in Preston, Australia, Spike and Bubba go for a swim in the old water tower which casts a long dark shadow across everything in the area.
