The Keeper
Victoria
:
Lothian
,
2000
Z835492
2000
single work
children's fiction
children's
Joel Billings is in trouble. He's picked on; he never gets to go on the off shore father-son fishing competition. Joel decides to put an ad in the paper for a dad. His gran always tells him not to talk to strangers and his friend Mei thinks it's a dangerous idea. Joel could end up with anybody. And he does. What is he going to do now with his pretend dad? One with tats and leathers and a name like Dev Eagle? (Source: Author's website)
Sailmaker
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2013
Z941415
2013
single work
'Joel has a mystery to solve when he finds an abandoned tinny in the bay, a tinny that belongs on the lighthouse island. And if that's not strange enough, the sailmaker who lives alone on the island tells Joel and Mei that the lighthouse ghost is back, creating havoc in the night. Joel and Mei have to get to the bottom of all this, even while Joel's mind is full of a greater anxiety: how can he make sure that Dev Eagle, his adopted dad, doesn't walk out on him?' (Source: NLA).
Killer Ute
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2012
Z1924892
2012
single work
children's fiction
children's
'Get your heart racing in this gripping thriller from Rosanne Hawke - the conclusion to a high-octane trilogy.
'Joel Billings is in trouble...again. After being threatened by his jailbird father, Joel is packed off to a sleepy beachside town for a holiday with his biker foster dad, Dev. Only when a monster ute runs them off the road does Joel begin to suspect that all is not as it seems.
'Who is driving the killer ute? And why are they after Joel?
'As danger mounts, Joel and Dev are forced further into hiding. But a killer ute isn't all Joel has to fear. Will Dev still want to be his dad even though he's a magnet for trouble?
'This exhilarating action-adventure is the third and final in a trilogy for middle-reader boys, which began with The Keeper and Sailmaker.' (Publisher's blurb)
