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
—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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