The Fire-Raiser
  • Published: 24 November 2008
  • ISBN: 9780143304081
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 156
  • RRP: $14.99

The Fire-Raiser

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24 Nov 2008
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He let the matchstick burn, knowing the power in his hand... flame filled the inside of his head. It ran along his arteries. It licked around his bones.
Kitty Wix is knocked over as a strange loping figure is seen fleeing the burning stables. But who is the 'fire-raiser' and why is he creating such terror? Kitty has her own suspicions, and so do other children in the town. When the crazed man with fire in his head strikes again, the children find themselves in terrible danger.
A thrilling children's classic from the award-winning author of The Fat Man, Salt and Gool.
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  • Published: 24 November 2008
  • ISBN: 9780143304081
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 156
  • RRP: $14.99
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About the author

Maurice Gee

Maurice Gee (1931-2025) has long been considered one of New Zealand's finest writers. He has written more than thirty books for adults, young adults and children, and has won numerous literary awards, including the UK's James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the Wattie Award, the Deutz Medal for Fiction, the New Zealand Fiction Award and the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award. Maurice is survived by his wife Margareta, two daughters and a son.

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Also by Maurice Gee

The Severed Land
The Burning Boy (Penguin Award Winning Classics)
Plumb Trilogy
Prowlers
Under the Mountain
Access Road
The Fat Man
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