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James Moloney

Author of The Book of Lies

53+ Works 1,390 Members 90 Reviews

About the Author

James Moloney was born in Sydney, Australia, on September 20, 1954. He was a teacher for many years before becoming a full-time writer. He writes fiction for young adults and children. Moloney's titles include Dougy, Gracey, Crossfire, The Pipe, The House on River Terrace, The Book of Lies, Touch show more Me, and The Love That I Have. In 1996, he won a Children Book of the Year Award for Swashbuckler and A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove also won a Children's Book of the Year Award in 1997 in addition to the Children's Literature Peace Prize and the Family Award. In 2015 his title Disappearing Act made the shortlist for Australian Book Designers Association Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by James Moloney

The Book of Lies (2004) 294 copies
A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove (1996) 213 copies
Master of the Books (2007) 93 copies
The Book from Baden Dark (2009) 59 copies
Dougy (1993) 57 copies
Black Taxi (2003) 51 copies
Kill the Possum (2008) 50 copies
Lost Property (2005) 39 copies
Gracey (1994) 34 copies
Touch Me (2000) 33 copies
Tamlyn (2012) 32 copies
The Love That I Have (2018) 31 copies
Silvermay (2011) 30 copies
Angela (1998) 21 copies
Swashbuckler (1995) 17 copies
Bridget (2015) 16 copies
Duck sounds (2004) 16 copies
Trapped (2007) 16 copies
Crossfire (1992) 15 copies
Moving House (Aussie Bites) (2001) 14 copies
The Tower Mill (2012) 13 copies
Disappearing act (2014) 13 copies
The Snake Man (1998) 11 copies
Lucien (2013) 11 copies
The House on River Terrace (1995) 11 copies
The trolley boys (2007) 10 copies
The Pipe (After Dark 10) (1996) 9 copies
68 teeth (2005) 9 copies
A box of chicks (2002) 8 copies
The Young Vikings (2018) 8 copies
Buzzard Breath and Brains (1998) 6 copies
The Tunnels of Ferdinand (2004) 4 copies
Malig Tumora (2005) 3 copies
Doomsday (2007) 3 copies
The iphone detective (2010) 3 copies
Driving the fishy frog (2012) 1 copy
The scorpion's tail (2005) 1 copy
Intergalactic heroes (2002) 1 copy

Associated Works

Dark House (1995) — Contributor — 20 copies

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Ruined my life, killed my friend, and bad book. dm for story time.
 
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JohnCina1234 | 45 other reviews | Jul 26, 2023 |
Another book I had to read at school that sucked. It was boring, the characters were whiny. I hated Carl - he's a complete pervert and I don't know why anyone would like him. The romance was cringe. The friendships were horrible. And yeah it's coming of age but frankly there are much better books out there.
 
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funstm | 45 other reviews | Jun 22, 2023 |
I spent one year reading all of the Children Book Council of Australia nominees. This was one of them. I have no freaking clue why. It was one of the worst books I've ever read. It was sick and disturbing - and I love Criminal Minds. This was just terrible. Dylan is a twisted fk. And Tim is easily manipulated. Plus I don't think it should be available to teens - and I read it as one. No need to give teenage boys ideas frankly.
 
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funstm | 5 other reviews | Jun 22, 2023 |
2 stars.
This was pretty slow though not too painful to read. I found it pretty bland, especially the writing, the style was rather bland. I felt no connection to the characters whatsoever.
 
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crazynerd | Mar 30, 2022 |

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Works
53
Also by
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Members
1,390
Popularity
#18,498
Rating
½ 3.3
Reviews
90
ISBNs
240
Languages
4

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