As with all of scot gardners books the writing is exquisite, eliciting tears, laughter and wonder all in the same sentence, dragging the reader into the story and the. The dead i know begins with a lot of mystery surrounding our main character aaron. Scots first fiction for young readers, one dead seagull, was published after he attended a writing camp and writing conferences with john marsden. Death doesnt scare himhis new job with a funeral director may even be his salvation. Winner 2012 cbca childrens book of the year award for older readers book fiction 2011. Buy the dead i know by scot gardner, scot gardner, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore.
Only then can you really appreciate the subtle brilliance of the writing. Scot gardner vice president, global sales cisco linkedin. Buy the dead i know by scot gardner, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore. By scot gardner the dead i know by scot gardner aaron rowe walks in his sleep and haunted by dreams he cant explain and memories he cant recover. Small grounddwelling author type who is rather fond of thunder and homegrown strawberries. Alaine martaus bulletin of the center for childrens books johns. Mam is not mentally sound and it makes aarons life very difficult. He has worked as a counselor and youth worker before becoming a fulltime novelist. The dead i know by scot gardner book trailer youtube. Aaron rowe walks in his sleep and haunted by dreams he cant expla. The dead i know 27bclass activity have a worksheet with a grid of 36 spaces ready one for each chapter. Scot gardner is an australian writer known for his young adult novels. You wake in the middle of the night, your arms and feet pinned by strong hands. As students read the novel, they can add the main events and important characters in each chapter.
A trailer for australian author scot gardners 2011 young adult novel the dead i know. As you thrash your way to consciousness, a calm voice says, steady. View scot gardners profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Australian author gardner delves powerfully into the psychology of loss and the. The police protected the living, ambulance officers protected the injured, and we protected the dead. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The dead i know by scot gardner 9780544671744 dymocks. The music made it a bit darker than i wanted i really wanted. Scot gardner grew up in greensborough, a suburb of melbourne, until his family moved out to the bush at yinnar south when he was thirteen. Scot s first fiction for young readers, one dead seagull, was published after he attended a writing camp and writing conferences with john marsden. The dead i know is a gripping, emotional rollercoaster of a book. A large version can be displayed in the classroom for students to add to as they read. The story centres around aaron rowe, who has left school to train as a funeral director with john barton, owner and operator of jkb funerals.
Aaron has scored a job a traineeship with john barton and associates, funeral directors. He has shown up for his first day working at a funeral parlour looking worse for wear and with an antisocial attitude. His many books since include burning eddy, shortlisted for a cbca award and for the nsw premiers literary award, and gravity, shortlisted for the victorian premiers literary award. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the dead i.
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