Product Description
Michael Patts is sixteen; mouthy, insecure and too smart for his own good. When the small town Michael has moved to turns against Lester, an old visiting tramp, Michael decides to befriend the man. But Lester harbours a secret that will change Michael, and the small town, forever. This is a powerful and dramatic novel - with both street cred and humour to engage its teenage audience.
About the Author
Bernard Beckett has a degree in Economics, and has taught in the Wellington region for several years. He has published a book of non-fiction (Falling for Science: Asking the Big Questions (2007)), and eight novels, for which he and has won many awards. His novel Genesis (2006), which won the Young Adult Category in the 2007 NZ Post Book Awards, made publishing history in 2008 when UK publisher Quercus Books offered the largest advance ever put forward for a young adult novel in New Zealand. The novel is to be released in the UK as two separate editions: adult and young adult, and is to be published - at this date - in over 20 countries. Bernard currently lives in Wellington with his wife, Clare Knighton (his co-author on Deep Fried).
