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Kill the Possum

Author:  James Moloney
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A girl desperate to live a normal life.

A family tormented by a monster's cruelty.

Two boys with a plan to make him stop. Forever.

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Jun 23,2012
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There is really not much I can write about this book.

It is really well done. A down-to-earth book that oultines the true problems in struggling families, and the hurts of difficult relationships, this is something that each person has to read for themselves, if they want to learn about this.

It is how humility can provoke action and revenge, how love can tangle thingd up, and how lies can only send you backwards,

Sep 21,2010
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a family who experiences the effects of an abusive father evry second Sunday. They are nearing the end of their patience when Dillion and Tim make a plan that will stop him forever; however it has an outcome that they weren't expecting.

The best part of this book was...
for manyy reasons. One was the topic covered made made me think about what it would be like to have an abusive father and how pleased I am not to be living and experiencing that ordeal. Another one was that I feel in love with the charcters and their personalities. It also made me think about life and how people can put up a wall and hide issues that they are experiencng at home which you don't even know about.
This book is similar to...
reading books about life and making you think about issues that relate to life.
The best place to read this book is...
sitting in a nice, quiet and comfortable spot, where you can just read and think.
The soundtrack of this book should be...
of different genres of music, ranging from sweet loving music to suspenseful dangerous music.

Jul 30,2010
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This Book is about a guy called Dylan Kane.Dylan kane's father left him when he was young so Dylan doesn't now him much. Dylan likes this girl called Kirsty. she has a step-father called Ian Cartwright which has no feelings for nobody he can kill you just with his words. He has done alot to kirsty, Tim (kirstys brother)and kirsty's mother dylan kane try's to stop this

The best part of this book was...
The best thing about this book is how kristy acts like a normal girl who has no problems but her life is full of them.
This book is similar to...
can't think of any
The best place to read this book is...
In your room by your self
The soundtrack of this book should be...
not sure

Nov 16,2008
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5

a family, living under the cruelty of a tyrannical monster.

The best part of this book was...
how all the feelings are so human. It left a huge lump in my throat; it was so real. The plot progression is fantastic, as well as the metaphor of the possum.
This book is similar to...
other realistic YA fiction. This book was a bit dark, a bit gritty. Not a book for pacifists, and it's best read when one really becomes the characters.
The best place to read this book is...
anywhere quiet, away from other people. It's a book to be read alone.
The soundtrack of this book should be...
classic rock, or some good metal, maybe Black Sabbath.

Jun 25,2008
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Kirsty is desperate to live a normal life, she keeps her social and private life separate,
Her family has a fortnightly torment by her step father,
two boys Dylan and Tim who want to stop him forever.

The best part of this book was...
It shows that you don't know a person just from what you see at school. That their life could be the complete opposite to what you thought.
This book is similar to...
not sure???
The best place to read this book is...
In an park or in your favourite place
The soundtrack of this book should be...
Not sure?????

 

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