Young Adult

The Shiny Guys

Author:

Doug MacLeod

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Description

'Wouldn't it be funny if they were real?''Shiny red men?''What if I were the sane one and everyone else was mad?'One night, the shiny guys visit fifteen-year-old Colin Lapsley. They don't speak, but Colin can read their thoughts. They want him to pay for the terrible thing that he has done. When the shiny guys won't go away, Colin is admitted to ward 44. Ther he discovers an alien world, a powerful weapon, a gentle giant, and a girl who may be able to see what he can see.The Shiny Guys is a dark, sometimes funny novel about how fantasy and reality can merge, especially when electricity is involved.

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CBCA Shortlist 2013

Author description

Doug MacLeod is the author of Sister Madge's Book of Nuns (which started as a practical joke on a publisher), The Life of a Teenage Body-snatcher and The Clockwork Forest.

General Fields

ISBN : 9780143565307
Publisher : penguin random house
Imprint : Penguin Books
Publication date : February 2012
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm
Produced in : Australia
Availability date : November 2011
Product Type : books

Special Fields

Edition : 1
Bind : Paperback
Author : Doug MacLeod
Pages : 272
Dewey classification : 823.3
Language : English