Other Books - Younger Readers:

The Cliffhanger Series

A Man Called Possum

 

Devil's Island

Devil's Island
Luke's journey becomes a life and death struggle to survive an enormous cliff, a mountain labyrinth and a merciless killer stalking him in the jungles of the island.
ISBN 014 1303220

Review:

I couldn't put "Devils Island" down. Mum said, "Turn out that light," & so I got my torch and kept reading under the blanket. Michael R

 

 

FortressFortress
The secrets Matt discovers behind the walls of 'The Morgue' and 'The Bunker' will not only endanger his life but bring an entire community to the brink of racism, bigotry and murder.
ISBN 014 1303239

 

 

Dead Silence


Dead Silence
A bloody murder. A terrible miscarriage of justice. A deadly secret. Rob's determination to discover the truth is about to turn into a struggle between life and death. Can Rob break the curse of Avalon? Or will he be its next victim?
ISBN 014 1306629

 

 

FirebugFirebug
A raging fire in a tinder-dry forest. Who started it and why? Rob's trip into the mountains turns into a nightmare of survival as he battles a bushfire and the dark motivations of a firebug.
ISBN 014 1306637

Review:

When the teacher was reading "Firebug" I yelled "Lookout " Everbody laughed at me. Aron W

 

 

 

A Man Called Possum A Man called Possum
Penguin February 1998.
ISBN 0 14 038268 2, 150 pages. Mix of text, black and white photos and illustrations.
An adaptation for younger readers of Max Jones' book about the mysterious hermit who lived in scrub along the River Murray. Possum was a loner. He hid from his pursuers in wild bush country. He was one of the great survivors of the twentieth century. But who was he really? Max Jones, country detective, was determined to find out - even if it took him thirty years.

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