Joe tells the story of when his stash of old junk went missing from his uncles scrapyard. He blames a local character called Stumpy, but is Stumpy the real thief? Skyracer Purple titles are aimed at Year 5 children Engaging text will hold the interest of all readers. Breathtaking colour illustrations engage pupils and encourage discussion.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Skyracer Purple, Skyrider Purple .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2003 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Mandy Hager has been awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton fellowship for 2014, and she was the 2012 recipient of the New Zealand Society of Authors Beatson Fellowship. She won the Esther Glen Award for Fiction for her YA novel Smashed and Best Young Adult Book in the NZ Post Book Awards 2010 for The Crossing. The Nature of Ash won the LIANZA YA Fiction Award in 2013 and was shortlisted for the 2013 NZ Post Children's Book Awards. Hager has a MA in Creative Writing from Victoria University and an Advanced Diploma in Applied Arts (Writing) from Whitireia Community Polytechnic, where she now works as a tutor and mentor. She lives with her partner on the Kapiti Coast. She has written novels for adults and young adults, short stories, scripts, and non-fiction resources for young people. See more at www. mandyhager. com, and on her Facebook pages for the Blood of the Lamb trilogy and for The Nature of Ash. Internationally acclaimed writer Margaret Mahy proclaimed The Crossing as being like 1984 for teenagers direct, passionate and powerful , while in the Otago Daily Times children s writer and reviewer Tania R