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A Good Night for Shooting Zombies

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Pub Date 22 Mar 2019 | Archive Date 22 Oct 2018

Children's Fiction

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Martin’s life changes the day his dad is killed in a car accident. No one talks about it, his mum refuses to leave the house, and his only consolation through the sleepless nights is solving difficult maths problems. Until he forms an unlikely friendship with his neighbour Vusi who dreams of making a zombie movie. The two are plunged head first into a wild adventure, pulling everyone they know along with them. Shortlisted for the Found in Translation award, it has also since been made into a popular film in Afrikaans.

Martin’s life changes the day his dad is killed in a car accident. No one talks about it, his mum refuses to leave the house, and his only consolation through the sleepless nights is solving...

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Advance Praise

'A Good Night For Shooting Zombies is a wonderful and exciting story with true emotional depth...a compact and briskly told adventure.'

Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster

'A Good Night For Shooting Zombies is a wonderful and exciting story with true emotional depth...a compact and briskly told adventure.'

Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster

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EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781786074508
PRICE CA$19.50 (CAD)
PAGES 160

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