The Meteorite Kid
Binding: Paperback
Imprint: Walker Books Australia
A story about a girl who catches a meteorite that falls from the sky – and the race against time to protect whatever is contained within!
Gotcha! Morgan Mayne takes a stunning catch at her baseball final. But she doesn’t save the game. She doesn’t even catch the ball. What she does catch is a strange blue object ... Suddenly Morgan’s the Meteorite Kid – but this is no meteorite.
Creators
Carol Faulkner is a full-time children’s author living in Adelaide’s western suburbs. Her first book, the junior novel My Cat the Alien, was published after she completed a Diploma of Professional Children’s Writing in 1999. She has since had a couple of junior novels published, including Dads Have No Shame and The Hunt for Houdini, and her first picture book, Chester and Gil, is due for release in 2009. Carol is a member of the Australian Society of Authors, the South Australian Writers’ Centre, and the Ekidnas Children’s Writers’ Group. She is married with two teenagers, a German shepherd and a green tree frog. She enjoys music, reading, crosswords, and good times with family and friends.
Reviews
Fantastical but grounded in the real world this is a good fun read. Recommended for upper-primary and early secondary-readers.
Aussie Reviews
