When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the Sale athletics championships, not everybody in their small bush town is pleased. "Aborigines get special treatment," some of the angry white people say. The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic events in the town too: black and white relations reach explosion point.
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When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the Sale athletics championships, not everybody in their small bush town is pleased. "Aborigines get special treatment," some of the angry white people say. The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic events in the town too: black and white relations reach explosion point.
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I'm nobody much That's the way Dougy sees himself. Struggling at school, Dougy is quiet. He watches more than he speaks. His siblings, Raymond and Gracey, are the one with the talent- his brother a star footballer and his sister just picked for the state athletic championships.When racial tensions engulf their lonely town in the Australian outback, madness grips and hot-headed men give way to their fears. And waiting in the rising river waters lurks something even more dangerous. Death is stalking Dougy's sister, Gracey, unless he can save her.Can a nobody stand against such forces?Is there more to Dougy than even he knows?
About the Author
James Moloney has been writing for young people for more than twenty years. Once a teacher and a librarian, his thirty or sobooks -ranging in audience from seven to seventeen year-olds- have made him one of Australia's most respected authors. James' award-winning books have been translated into French, Korean, Lithuanian and Flemish/Dutch, and include Kill the Possum, Lost Property, A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove, Touch Me, and The Book of Lies.James' Aussie Chomps titles - The Mobile Phone Detective, Trolley Boys, 68 Teeth and Grommet Saves the World - continue to be amongst Penguin's best-selling titles.James and his wife, Kate, live in Brisbane with their three children.
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