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Road Kill

Author: Ken Catran

Format: 160pp book

ISBN: 0734402589  

Publisher: Lothian Books 2001

Audience: Student resource

Price: $12.95


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Jack is a fifth-former in a small remote country town. His school is having a centenary. Jack is planning to win cross-country race on a restored Harley. After the centenary, Jack and his popular, charismatic drama teacher, Mr Ricketts, find a body. Male, very dead. Mr Ricketts goes for the police but his car crashes in flames outside the school. Accident? And when the town cop arrives, the other body is gone. Nobody believes Jack.

There are many twists and turns that have Jack fearing for his own life. He realises that there are forces in the world that care nothing for life and morality and that he has to grow up and face this. Meanwhile, there`s his beloved Harley.