A memorable YA novel about the tough and tender sides of growing up in a small country town. Fourteen-year-old Harry has a knack for wriggling out of trouble, but escaping the constraints and memories that keep him trapped is not so easy, until it's a matter of life or death.A memorable YA novel about the tough and tender sides of growing up in a small country town. Fourteen-year-old Harry has a knack for wriggling out of trouble, but escaping the constraints and memories that keep him trapped is not so easy, until it's a matter of life or death.
Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award 2005 (Australia) and Ethel Turner Prize for Books for Young Adults 2005 (Australia) and Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award 2007 (Australia) and Outstanding International Books List of USBBY and the CBC 2019 (Germany). Runner-up for Older Readers 2005 (Australia).