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Dark Wind Blowing

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Dark Wind Blowing

A rather dark story about a young boy (Loser) who is so hurt and rejected that he hatches a plan to poison all of his classmates by dipping their pencil tops in rat poison while claiming that he has released a deadlyvirus into the air. As their teacher and classmates collapse in spasms, Mike and Jazz draw closer together as they try to handle the terrifying situation without adult help. As the plot unfolds Mike’s character develops as he gains an insight into what it might be like to be Loser and how he can use this understanding to help his friends. An easy to read text with content more suited to readers aged 11+

CategoriesBullying
Type Of BookAustralian Novel
FormatPaperback
ISBN9780207197963
Price Per CopyRRP $17.99
1–9 copies$16.19
10–19 copies$15.29
20+ copies$14.39
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Jackie French

Jackie French is a full-time writer who lives in rural NSW. She writes columns in the print media, and sometimes presents on radio and on Burke’s Backyard. Her books for children include Rain Stones, shortlisted for the CBC Children’s Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers, 1991; Walking the Boundaries, a Notable Book in the CBC Awards, 1994; and Somewhere Around the Corner, an Honour Book in the CBC Awards, 1995. In 2000, Hitler’s Daughter won the CBC Younger Readers Award and the WOW! Award in the UK in 2001. How to Guzzle Your Garden was also shortlisted for the 2000 CBC Eve Pownall Award for Information. Most recently, Jackie won the 2002 ACT Book of the Year Award for In the Blood; her successful picture book Diary of a Wombat was named an Honour book in the 2003 CBC Awards and also won the 2003 Nielsen Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award.

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