Starseeker

by TimBowler (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2009

  $3.23

  Luke is in trouble. Skin and the gang have a job for him. They want him to break into Mrs Little's house and steal the jewellery box. They want him to prove that he's got what it takes. That he's part of the gang. But Luke finds more than just a jewellery box in the house. He finds something so unexpected it will change his life forever ...This is a wonderful, rich novel, written with lyricism, drama and power. Tackling issues of loss, love, and healing, and filled with the sense of a universe bursting with music, it is unputdownable from the first page to the last.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.23

  Luke's father is dead and he feels his mother is moving on too quickly. Since his father's death, Luke has changed his priorities, and has fallen into bad company. His new friends persuade him to break into a house when its owner, an unfriendly and unlovable old woman, is out. Once inside he is confronted with the sound of a girl crying, and through a locked keyhole sees a young girl standing alone, crying in despair. Luke becomes drawn into finding out who the girl is, why she is in the house, and why she is so unhappy. Finding the answers change all of their lives. Prize-winning author, Tim Bowler has won the Carnegie Medal, the Angus Book Prize (twice), and the Lancashire Children's Book Award.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $3.23

  Good hands, Luke , Dad had said. So don't ever put them to bad use. Yet that's just what Luke is about to do - break into a house and prove he's a real part of the gang. But nobody is prepared for what he finds inside. Something so unexpected it will change his life forever. A wonderfully rich novel from Carnegie Medal winner, Tim Bowler, written with lyricism, drama, and power, and filled with the sense of a universe bursting with music.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $9.98

  Luke is in trouble. Skin and the gang have a job for him. They want him to break into Mrs Little's house and steal the jewellery box. They want him to prove that he's got what it takes. That he's part of the gang. But Luke finds more than just a jewellery box in the house. He finds something so unexpected it will change his life forever ...This is a wonderful, rich novel, written with lyricism, drama and power. Tackling issues of loss, love, and healing, and filled with the sense of a universe bursting with music, it is unputdownable from the first page to the last.