Saturday, 5 September 2020

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day Five: The Fat Man by Maurice Gee

Day Five: The fat man by Maurice Gee (1994). 

The fat man 1998 book cover.The fat man 2009 book cover.The Falls Hotel, Henderson, Auckland New Zealand.

Based on near where I grew up.

One of my best memories as a school librarian. When this was released - and shortlisted for a children's book award (not young adult) w
e were told to pass on subject warnings to kids. So I asked my first reader what he thought. 'It scared me shitless, Miss, but it was brilliant'. 

My sister reads horror - and this is one of the most chilling, terrifying things she has read. 

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