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Lightning Strikes: Jinxed

By Jill McDougall

A bad luck tale ends up with some good fortune in the exciting new Lightning Strikes series.

After accidentally smashing her next-door neighbour's pet python's tank, Jinx has to come up with a plan for some fast cash to pay for a new tank, so she devises a number of schemes, but they all end in disaster! Just when Jinx is about to give up, something comes up that gives Jinx the chance to use her talent for comedy and pay back her debts at the same time.

  • Lightning Strikes is a fun new series of fast-paced and fun stories with eye-catching cover effects.
  • Other Lightning Strikes titles include: "The Great Shave", "Black Baron", "Going for Broke", "Queasy Rider" and "Sucked in".

About the author

Jill McDougall started writing at school by selling short pieces for magazines so she could buy eclairs from the tuckshop. Later, while working in a remote Indigenous community, she began writing poems for her class. They became her first book "Anna the Goanna and Other Poems". Since then, she has written over 100 books!

Review

"An excellent read and an attractively packaged book." www.aussiereview.com

ISBN: 9781921150593
Imprint: Walker Books Australia
Distributor: TL Distribution in Australia & Macmillan Publishers in New Zealand
Binding: Paperback
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Dimensions: 130 x 200mm, 112pp
Stock Status: Backlist title
Australian RRP: $12.95
New Zealand RRP: $14.99
Stock Level: In Stock

Last updated on 11/01/09 at 23:51:54
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