Malarkey by Keith Gray

Malarkey by Keith Gray

Brook High is a great grey concrete ants' nest of a school. Through what at first appears to be a random meeting, he helps a girl called Mary Chase out of a tricky situation, but is subsequently accused of stealing report cards to sell to students so they can write their own bogus reports.

A tense thriller founded on conveying psychology, Malarkey is a compelling British version of Robert Cormier's US classic, The Chocolate War -- Julia Eccleshare * Guardian *
Ingenious and exciting -- Kit Spring * Observer *
Clever, cool, suspenseful -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *
A gripping and dangerous read that stays in the mind for its chilling reality, the power of the story and the quality of the writing -- Wendy Cooling * The Bookseller *
Don't miss this! It's Keith Gray's best novel to dateOpening with a breathless bag chase, it doesn't let up the momentum for a second -- Michael Thorn * Achuka *

Keith was born and brought up in Grimsby and knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer. When he received 0% for his accountancy exams he decided to pursue his dream.

Since then, he has gone on to win the Angus Book Award and the silver medal in the Smarties Prize. He has twice been shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Booktrust Teen Prize and the Scottish Arts Council Book Award. Rave reviews about his writing have appeared in every broadsheet. Keith was a judge for the Blue Peter Book Award, the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Bookstrust Teen Prize and reviews regularly for the Guardian.

Keith is now a full-time writer living in Edinburgh.

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ISBN 13	9780099439448
ISBN 10	0099439441
Title	Malarkey
Author	Keith Gray
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	2003-06-05
Number of pages	208
Prizes	Short-listed for Booktrust Teenage Prize 2003
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