The crimes and punishments of Miss Payne
By: Barry Jonsberg.
Edition: 1st Knopf trade paperback ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780375840227
Subjects: Friendship -- Fiction; Creative writing -- Fiction; Family problems -- Fiction; Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; Australia -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Whole business with Kiffo and the pitbull
Description: Calma, who is smart and an excellent writer, and her unlikely friend, Kiffo, a seeming all-around failure, undertake a dangerous project when they follow an abusive teacher whom they suspect of dealing drugs.
Notes: Originally published under title: The whole business with Kiffo and the pitbull. St. Leonard's, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 2004.