by Gee, Maurice
It’s a dream. Perhaps I don’t need to dream it any more.
I’ve never forgotten Jack, and never will.
ORCHARD STREET
by Maurice Gee
There’s no street like Orchard Street, and no year like 1951. So much happened to me and my family, and to Teresa and hers, that our lives could never be the same.
Some very strange things are happening in Orchard Street. Ossie’s dad is doing something illegal under the house; everyone is talking about the waterfront strike; adults are behaving in odd ways towards each other – and Ossie is falling in love. As he moves out of the safety zone of childhood, Ossie begins to understand that life will never be predictable again.
HOSTEL GIRL
by Maurice Gee
A letter for Gloria was waiting in the rack. The envelope looked ordinary – Miss Gloria Wood written in ink – but Ailsa knew that crazy words lay hidden inside.
Ailsa takes a dislike to Calum Page from the day she is invited to play tennis with his sister. The Pages looks down on her because her mother is the matron at Woburn Hostel, but Ailsa enjoys her life there. In particular, she is fascinated with the love life of her beautiful, aloof roommate, Gloria.
Gloria begins to receive menacing love letters from an anonymous writer, and the girls realise he must be watching her – day and night. As the stalker closes in, Ailsa becomes increasingly convinced of his identity. And as she struggles to protect her friend from the complexities of obsessive love, Ailsa finds an unexpected ally.
THE FAT MAN
by Maurice Gee
When people like Herbert Muskie take up residence in your mind, there’s nothing you can do to get them out.
Colin Potter is a skinny boy, hungry for chocolate. Herbert Muskie is enormously fat, hungry for revenge.
A dramatic encounter down at the creek forges an unhappy alliance between the vindictive man and the fearful child.
But who is the fat man and why does he hate the people of Loomis? What guilty secrets are hidden in the past and why are Colin’s parents such special targets?
Winner Aim Junior Fiction Award
Winner Aim Children’s Book of the Year
US Publishers Weekly Top 10
Children’s Books of the Year
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First published by Puffin Books, 1989
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ISBN: 978-1-742-53952-2