The rocket-powered racing caravan / C.E. Hayes.
Material type: TextPublisher: Gosford, NSW : Omibus Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 136 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781761202636Subject(s): Caravans -- Juvenile fiction | Country life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Best friends -- Juvenile fiction | Australia -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Children’s stories. | Humorous fiction. | School fiction. | Action and adventure fiction. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Growing up in rural Australia is anything but boring. Just ask 12-year-old Earl Grey. Dead mice on dinner plates, horses in hallways and goats in the lounge room are all part of the experience. Earl’s parents aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer either, but with his best mate Bruiser by his side, Earl can navigate almost any situation. The question is: can Earl outrun his arch nemesis, Division A basketball captain Slam Dunk, before he’s beaten to a pulp? To stand a chance, Earl decides he’ll need a solar-powered racing caravan with rocket boosters. When he takes a job shovelling horse poo at the racecourse for a mobster who quit the mafia to take up antiquing, Earl learns the value of good connections and finds out how far 27 dollars goes towards a survival plan.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Growing up in rural Australia is anything but boring. Just ask 12-year-old Earl Grey. Dead mice on dinner plates, horses in hallways and goats in the lounge room are all part of the experience. Earl’s parents aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer either, but with his best mate Bruiser by his side, Earl can navigate almost any situation. The question is: can Earl outrun his arch nemesis, Division A basketball captain Slam Dunk, before he’s beaten to a pulp? To stand a chance, Earl decides he’ll need a solar-powered racing caravan with rocket boosters. When he takes a job shovelling horse poo at the racecourse for a mobster who quit the mafia to take up antiquing, Earl learns the value of good connections and finds out how far 27 dollars goes towards a survival plan.
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