A gripping tale that builds to an explosive climax from twice Carnegie-winner, Geraldine McCaughrean. When her mother dies from a snake bite, Comity's life in the Australian outback changes for ever. With her father lost in his grief, Comity makes friends with Fred, the Aboriginal yard boy. But then the evil Quartz Hogg arrives, who delights in playing cruel games. And when he sets his murderous sights on Fred, it's up to Comity to stop him.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: Usborne, Usborne Modern Classics .

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published in 2018 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.