The 10 PM Question [electronic resource]
De Goldi, Kate2011
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Frankie Parsons is twelve going on eighty -- an apparently sensible boy growing up in New Zealand, he has a drumbeat of worrying questions steadily gaining volume in his head: Are the smoke alarm batteries flat? Does the cat, and therefore the rest of the family, have worms? Will bird flu strike and ruin life as we know it? Most of the people in Frankie's life seem gloriously untroubled by worry. Only Ma takes his catalogue of persistent anxieties seriously, listening patiently to the questions he brings her at 10 p.m. each night. But when a new girl arrives at school with relentless, unavoidable questions of her own, Frankie's carefully controlled world begins to unravel. Will he be able to face up to the unpalatable, ultimate 10 p.m. Question; why does Ma never leave the house?
Main title:
The 10 PM Question [electronic resource] / Kate de Goldi
Author:
De Goldi, Kate, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Templar Publishing, 2011
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Kate De Goldi grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. When she wasn't reading, Kate could be found writing plays to put on with her sisters, school friends or 42 cousins. Kate De Goldi is now known for her novels, short fiction and picture books, and has won many prestigious awards for her work. The 10 PM Question won the New Zealand Post Book of the Year in 2009 and in that same year, was also selected as a White Ravens Outstanding New International Book for Children and Young Adults. Kate currently lives in Wellington, New Zealand, where she writes her books in a walk-in-wardrobe.
Awards:
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association)
ISBN:
9781848774728
Language:
English
BRN:
2302507