Smiling Jack
Robert lives in a small, prosperous rural town where his father is a respected and trusted pillar of the local community and financial advisor to the eccentric but essentially harmless community of Atenists who live nearby. When Robert's father and uncle are killed in road accide... read full description below.
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| Interest Age |
14-19 years |
| Reading Age |
14-19 years |
| NBS Text |
Young Adult Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile;Young adult |
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| Number of Pages |
272 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 130mm
Height: 210mm
Spine: 6mm |
| Weight |
220g |
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| Dewey Code |
823.2 |
| Catalogue Code |
195565 |
Description of this Book
There's something wrong with this picture. Robert lives in a small, prosperous rural town where his father is a respected and trusted pillar of the local community and financial advisor to the eccentric but essentially harmless community of Atenists who live nearby. When Robert's father and uncle are killed in road accident his comfortable world rapidly begins to unravel. With so much to deal with, he barely thinks about the evil grin on the playing card Jack found at the site of the accident. Until the second death, and the third, when once again Jack's leering malicious grin is found nearby. As Robert realises he never knew his father, those people his father betrayed turn against him, and he is forced to look deep into the shadows that are closing in if he is to get out alive. A classic whodunnit with a startling and unexpected twist, Ken Catran's dark and brooding murder mystery is a real page-turner that will have you looking over your shoulder like Robert, desperately trying to second guess Smiling Jack ...
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Awards & Reviews
| Awards |
Shortlisted for LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Young Adult Fiction Award 2011.
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Author's Bio
Ken Catran has written professionally for 30 years, beginning in television. He now writes YA fiction, and has published close to fifty books: history, war fiction, thrillers and science fiction, published internationally. Winner of nine writing awards, he is the 2007 recipient of the Margaret Mahy Award for services to children's literature. Ken lives in South Canterbury.
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