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This story follows the adventures of 11 year olds Marcus and Dylan. While on a family holiday in the Northern Territory, the boys set out to thwart the project of a hunter in the area and ensure that the legislation allowing crocodile hunting is not passed. As one of the few people who can understand animals talking it is up to Marcus to negotiate with the head crocodile Capone.

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[Review] A Croc Called Capone Sharon Seymour , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 53 no. 2 2009; (p. 26-27)
— Review of A Croc Called Capone Barry Jonsberg , 2009 single work children's fiction

Review Fran Metcalf , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 -11 October 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of A Croc Called Capone Barry Jonsberg , 2009 single work children's fiction

[Review] A Croc Called Capone Lyn Linning , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 33-34)
— Review of A Croc Called Capone Barry Jonsberg , 2009 single work children's fiction

Review Fran Metcalf , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 -11 October 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of A Croc Called Capone Barry Jonsberg , 2009 single work children's fiction