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Reads for your holiday courtesy of the bookworms at WHILEAWAY BOOKSHOP & CAFE

NIMBLEFOOT A RECIPE FOR FAMILY
ROBERT DREWE TORI HASCHKA

Johnny Day, who at 14, was Three women, drawn together by
a Melbourne Cup-winning impossible circumstances, will discover
that the greatest comfort can often
jockey and pedestrian walking
be found in the mess. Perfect for fans
champion, is a character that
of Meg Mason and Sally Hepworth;
couldn’t have been invented,
a powerful heart-rending story about
but in this masterful
how food connects us and assumptions
re-imagining of his life divide us- and how true family can
Robert Drewe brings us an come from where you least expect it.
adventure story, a coming-
of-age classic, a man-hunt,
a thriller – but most of all,
a rollicking good yarn.
THE BOY FROM
BOOMERANG
CRESCENT

EDDIE BETTS
Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic
and always honest - often laceratingly
THE SUGARCANE so. This is the inspirational life story of

KIDS AND THE RED a champion, in his own words.
BOTTOMED BOAT Whether he’s narrating one of his
trademark gravity-defying goals from
CHARLIE ARCHBOLD the pocket, the discrimination he’s
Andy and his best friend Eli live faced as an aboriginal person or the

in a small coastal town in far north birth of his first child, Bett’s voice -
Queensland. When Eli’s cousin intelligent, soulful, unpretentious- rings

Jacob is arrested for a jewellery through on every page. The very human story behind the plaudits is
theft, Andy and Eli both know he one that will surprise, move and inspire.
is innocent.
The police have evidence. But STONE TOWN

something is not right, and Andy
and Eli need to work out what, and MARGARET HICKEY
fast or Jacob will end up in jail. So,
With it’s gold rush history far In the
with the help of twins Bernice and
past, Stone Town has seen better days.
Fletcher (AKA Bernie and Fletch)
And it’s now in the headlines for all
and Andy’s trusty sausage dog, Washington, they set out to hunt for
the wrong reasons…
clues to what really happened. The trail points to a mysterious red-

bottomed boat rumoured to be hidden deep in the mangroves. When three teenagers stumble upon
a body in dense bushland one rainy
Charlie Archbold’s action-packed new middle-grade adventure is a
Friday night, Senior Sergeant Mark
fun story of sleuthing, courageous deeds, the triumph of good over evil
Ariti’s hopes for a quiet posting in
- and the power of friendship.
his old home town are shattered. The

victim is Aidan Sleeth, a property
developer, whose controversial plan
to buy up local land means few are
surprised he ended up dead.

The captivating new rural crime drama from the author of the best-
selling Cutter’s End.
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