{"product_id":"9780734420770-walk-in-the-dark","title":"A Walk in the Dark","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping and suspenseful rite-of-passage novel about five teenagers and one night that will change them all, from award-winning author Jane Godwin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping and suspenseful rite-of-passage novel about five teenagers and one night that will change them all, from award-winning author Jane Godwin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliantly woven tale, deliciously tense from first page to last. This is classic unputdownable Godwin' DAVINA BELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It's just a walk in the dark. What is there to worry about?'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat's what the head teacher, Johan, says. And so the Year Nines from Otway Community School set out on an overnight hike, with no adults.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut doesn't Johan know that a storm is coming?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen five teenagers head in to the forest that late afternoon, none of them is aware what the night will bring. Each will have to draw on their particular strengths to survive. Each will have to face the unknown, battling the elements, events beyond their control, and their own demons. It's a night that will change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the rainforest of Victoria's Otway Ranges, \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is about friendship, trust, identity and family, consent and boundaries, wrapped in a compulsively readable, suspense-filled adventure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive head into the forest, but will all five make it out?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Quality storytelling . gripping' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Australian Women's Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unique and intriguing' \u003cb\u003eBetter Reading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eFantastically tense in places, \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is a great read for all kids ages 11 plus' \u003cb\u003eReadings \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Suspenseful and exciting . Extremely engaging . highly relatable and real. This novel has everything to keep the audience enthralled. No reader will be able to put the book down until the very end' \u003cb\u003eReadPlus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is deft, intuitive writing, deeply sympathetic, non-judgemental, canny. Jane Godwin understands what it is to be a child or young person, what matters to them at different ages and stages. Importantly, she values these concerns, treats them with due respect and creates stories in which her book people mature and blossom through the overcoming of self-doubt and their fear of the new and unknown. Good lessons for adults there, too' \u003cb\u003eLiving Arts Canberra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40771294756961,"sku":"9780734420770","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_11653960_jpg.jpg?v=1705534021","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780734420770-walk-in-the-dark","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}