Dirt bomb
By: Fleur Beale
Publisher: Random House New Zealand
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781869795467
Subjects: Automobiles; Teenage boys; Friendship; Juvenile fiction
Description: Jake's life is sweet. He's got no money and doesn't have a mobile, but he's got two best mates; Buzz and Robbie. Buzz is generous and doesn't mind buying stuff for his mates. Jake wouldn't change a thing. But then Robbie has the idea of the century: rescue the old wreck from the ditch and make it into a paddock basher. Yes! Buzz, however, puts a spanner in the works by saying he's not paying for it all. Even stevens or no deal. Robbie gets a job. Jake refuses. It's just not his style to work for a boss. But he desperately wants to drive that car, and the others are going to go ahead without him. The summer holidays are looming ahead of him in a desert of boredom and friendlessness. He needs a game plan...