How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare, Robbed a Grave, Made a New Friend Who Might Not Have Really Been There at All and While He Was at It Committed a Terrible Sin Which Everyone Was Doing Even Though He Didn't Know It |
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| Author:
| Jennings, Paul |
| Read by:
| Pride, Jerome |
| ISBN: | 978-1-74094-933-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
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| Imprint: | Bolinda Audio |
| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | AUD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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The first full-length novel from Australiae(tm)s bestselling childrene(tm)s author!
Hedley Hopkins has a few problems: he is the new kid at school, straight off the boat from England in the 1950s. The only friends he has made are the kids at the Loony Bin. But if he could just fulfill a dare and dig out the hideous skull hidden in a grave in the sand dunes, he could impress the bullies at school and become their friend. But Hedley is not so sure. Weird...
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE
The first full-length novel from Australiae(tm)s bestselling childrene(tm)s author!
Hedley Hopkins has a few problems: he is the new kid at school, straight off the boat from England in the 1950s. The only friends he has made are the kids at the Loony Bin. But if he could just fulfill a dare and dig out the hideous skull hidden in a grave in the sand dunes, he could impress the bullies at school and become their friend. But Hedley is not so sure. Weird things are happening to his body. Is he being punished for his terrible actions? And if his uptight parents ever found out what he was up to, they might blow up.
Full-moon murderers, an open grave, religious conversions and sexual awakening meld sometimes poignantly, sometimes hilariously, in this riveting, stunningly original account of growing up in 1950s Australia.