Thursday, August 14, 2014

SPEED OF LIGHT by Joy Cowley


With a father more interested in money than family, a brother in prison, a sister with a secret, and a mother in denial, it’s no wonder Jeff buries himself in the safe world of mathematics. When a storm hits Wellington, a strange old woman is blown into Jeff’s life, challenging everything he thinks is true.

Book details
Ages 11+
198 x 129mm
Paperback NZD$19.99
ISBN: 978-1-877579-93-6
Published by Gecko Press


A note from the author
Speed of Light is a story about the tension between light and dark, and how the darkness serves the light. It’s a story that confronts our notions that comfort is good and discomfort is evil, whereas the seed of new growth actually lies in the shadow.
Joy Cowley

About the author

Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand’s best-loved writers for children. She has won many awards for her work. Joy lives in Featherston, New Zealand. Her last novel from Gecko Press, Dunger (2013), won the junior fiction award at the 2014 NZ Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults and the 2014 LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Medal.


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