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He goes to the window to see what's happening - only to hear a struggle, and see a body fall
from the sixth-floor balcony. Pushed, Sam thinks.
Sam goes to wake his father, Harry, a crime reporter, but Harry is gone. And when Sam goes downstairs, the body is gone, too. But someone has seen Sam, and knows what he's witnessed.
The next twenty-four hours could be his last.
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WINNER, Young Australian Best Books Award (YABBA) - Fiction for Years 7-9, 2018
WINNER, KOALA Children's Choice Awards - Fiction for Years 7-9, 2018
NOTABLE BOOK, Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year - Older Readers 2018
'Suspense in spades. You will be utterly gripped by Sam's story.' James Phelan, author of The Last Thirteen
'An engaging, action-filled coming-of-age story that explores what it means to be a hero.' Braiden Asciak, Bookseller and Publisher Magazine
Also by Tristan Bancks:
Scar Town
Two Wolves
The Fall
Detention
Cop and Robber
Ginger Meggs
Nit Boy
Mac Slater 1: Coolhunter
Mac Slater 2: Imaginator
Tom Weekly 1: My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up
Tom Weekly 2: My Life and Other Stuff That Went Wrong
Tom Weekly 3: My Life and Other Massive Mistakes
Tom Weekly 4: My Life and Other Exploding Chickens
Tom Weekly 5: My Life and Other Weaponised Muffins
Tom Weekly 6: My Life and Other Failed Experiments
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781761048999
- File size: 127066 KB
- Duration: 04:24:43
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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May 3, 2017
Following an operation to ease his scoliosis, 12-year-old Sam Garner secures the chance to stay with his father Harry (never ‘Dad’) in the city, to better understand and get to know him. Unfortunately, Harry’s job as a crime reporter keeps him from spending time with his son, so Sam fills his time instead writing his comic book series, ‘Harry Garner: Crime Reporter’, creating a heroic image—an ‘alter-ego’—of his father that he wishes to be true. When he witnesses a body falling past his window one night and is pursued by a mysterious man, crutch-wielding Sam must keep himself safe and investigate the crime, all the while trying to find Harry, who, coincidentally, was nowhere to be found when the fall happened. As with his previous book Two Wolves, Tristan Bancks intelligently imbues The Fall with themes of family, male connection, resilience and mortality in an engaging, action-filled coming-of-age story that explores what it means to be a hero. Fans of Gabrielle Lord’s ‘Conspiracy 365’ series who are after a standalone mystery with much more to discuss and reflect on will thoroughly enjoy The Fall. It’s suitable for ages 10 and up. Braiden Asciak is a bookseller at Book Bonding in Melbourne
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