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A gripping and suspenseful rite-of-passage novel about five teenagers and one night that will change them all, from award-winning author Jane Godwin.\n\n'A brilliantly woven tale, deliciously tense from first page to last. This is classic unputdownable Godwin' DAVINA BELL\n\n'It's just a walk in the dark. What is there to worry about?'\n\nThat'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.\n\nBut doesn't Johan know that a storm is coming?\n\nWhen 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.\n\nSet in the rainforest of Victoria's Otway Ranges, A Walk in the Dark is about friendship, trust, identity and family, consent and boundaries, wrapped in a compulsively readable, suspense-filled adventure.\n\nFive head into the forest, but will all five make it out?\n\n'Quality storytelling . . . gripping' The Australian Women's Weekly\n'Unique and intriguing' Better Reading\n'Fantastically tense in places, A Walk in the Dark is a great read for all kids ages 11 plus' Readings \n'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' ReadPlus\n'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' Living Arts Canberra

A gripping and suspenseful rite-of-passage novel about five teenagers and one night that will change them all, from award-winning author Jane Godwin.\n\n'A brilliantly woven tale, deliciously tense from first page to last. This is classic unputdownable Godwin' DAVINA BELL\n\n'It's just a walk in the dark. What is there to worry about?'\n\nThat'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.\n\nBut doesn't Johan know that a storm is coming?\n\nWhen 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.\n\nSet in the rainforest of Victoria's Otway Ranges, A Walk in the Dark is about friendship, trust, identity and family, consent and boundaries, wrapped in a compulsively readable, suspense-filled adventure.\n\nFive head into the forest, but will all five make it out?\n\n'Quality storytelling . . . gripping' The Australian Women's Weekly\n'Unique and intriguing' Better Reading\n'Fantastically tense in places, A Walk in the Dark is a great read for all kids ages 11 plus' Readings \n'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' ReadPlus\n'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' Living Arts Canberra

A BIG ISSUE BOOK OF THE YEAR\n\n\nThis beautifully written rhyming text, matched with exquisite illustrations, explores love, loss, memory, and the power objects can hold.\n\n\nArno had a horse,\n\nit was brown and it was black.\n\nHe took it with him everywhere,\n\nbut did he bring it back?\n\n\nWhen Arno loses his precious toy horse, all the kids in town help him to look for it. They look everywhere, but will Arno ever see his horse again?\n\n\nA touching story about loss, memory, and the mysterious ways we feel connected to those we love.

A BIG ISSUE BOOK OF THE YEAR\n\n\nThis beautifully written rhyming text, matched with exquisite illustrations, explores love, loss, memory, and the power objects can hold.\n\n\nArno had a horse,\n\nit was brown and it was black.\n\nHe took it with him everywhere,\n\nbut did he bring it back?\n\n\nWhen Arno loses his precious toy horse, all the kids in town help him to look for it. They look everywhere, but will Arno ever see his horse again?\n\n\nA touching story about loss, memory, and the mysterious ways we feel connected to those we love.

‘A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted’ MARCUS DU SAUTOY\n\n\n \n 'Enthralling … not to be missed'\n GUARDIAN\n \n\n\n \n The return of Joseph O’Neill, with a story on the scale of the international phenomenon Netherland: the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African football prodigy who might change their fortunes.\n \n\n\n Mark Wolfe, a brilliant if self-thwarting technical writer, lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter. His half-brother Geoff, born and raised in the UK, is a desperate young football agent. He pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to track down an elusive prospect known only as “Godwin” – an African teenager Geoff believes could be the next Messi.\n\n\n Narrated in turn by Mark and his work colleague Lakesha Williams, the novel is both a tale of family and migration, and an international adventure story that implicates the brothers in the beauty and ugliness of football, the perils and promises of international business, and the dark history of transatlantic money-making.\n\n\n As only he can do, Joseph O'Neill investigates the legacy of colonialism in the context of family love, global capitalism, and the dreaming individual.\n\n\n 'Among the best novels I’ve read in a long time' BILL BUFORD\n\n\n 'I wish there were more books like this' ELIF BATUMAN\n\n\n \n 'This has all the velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick'\n PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\n \n\n\n \n Joseph O’Neill's novel Netherland was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize

‘A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted’ MARCUS DU SAUTOY\n\n\n \n 'Enthralling … not to be missed'\n GUARDIAN\n \n\n\n \n The return of Joseph O’Neill, with a story on the scale of the international phenomenon Netherland: the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African football prodigy who might change their fortunes.\n \n\n\n Mark Wolfe, a brilliant if self-thwarting technical writer, lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter. His half-brother Geoff, born and raised in the UK, is a desperate young football agent. He pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to track down an elusive prospect known only as “Godwin” – an African teenager Geoff believes could be the next Messi.\n\n\n Narrated in turn by Mark and his work colleague Lakesha Williams, the novel is both a tale of family and migration, and an international adventure story that implicates the brothers in the beauty and ugliness of football, the perils and promises of international business, and the dark history of transatlantic money-making.\n\n\n As only he can do, Joseph O'Neill investigates the legacy of colonialism in the context of family love, global capitalism, and the dreaming individual.\n\n\n 'Among the best novels I’ve read in a long time' BILL BUFORD\n\n\n 'I wish there were more books like this' ELIF BATUMAN\n\n\n \n 'This has all the velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick'\n PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\n \n\n\n \n Joseph O’Neill's novel Netherland was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize

‘A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted’ MARCUS DU SAUTOY\n\n\n \n 'Enthralling … not to be missed'\n GUARDIAN\n \n\n\n \n The return of Joseph O’Neill, with a story on the scale of the international phenomenon Netherland: the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African football prodigy who might change their fortunes.\n \n\n\n Mark Wolfe, a brilliant if self-thwarting technical writer, lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter. His half-brother Geoff, born and raised in the UK, is a desperate young football agent. He pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to track down an elusive prospect known only as “Godwin” – an African teenager Geoff believes could be the next Messi.\n\n\n Narrated in turn by Mark and his work colleague Lakesha Williams, the novel is both a tale of family and migration, and an international adventure story that implicates the brothers in the beauty and ugliness of football, the perils and promises of international business, and the dark history of transatlantic money-making.\n\n\n As only he can do, Joseph O'Neill investigates the legacy of colonialism in the context of family love, global capitalism, and the dreaming individual.\n\n\n 'Among the best novels I’ve read in a long time' BILL BUFORD\n\n\n 'I wish there were more books like this' ELIF BATUMAN\n\n\n \n 'This has all the velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick'\n PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\n \n\n\n \n Joseph O’Neill's novel Netherland was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize