Edsel Grizzler: Voyage to Verdada

James Roy

Aug 2015 · University of Queensland Press

About this ebook

Pizza for breakfast! No bedtime! Skateboarding encouraged! And ... no parents! Welcome to Verdada. When Edsel takes an unexpected voyage to a parallel dimension, Verdada, his life is transformed overnight. Suddenly, his over-protective parents are nowhere to be seen and rules are a thing of the past. Or so he thinks. Everything seems perfect. Everything is not what it seems. Edsel needs to decide between the world he knows or being forever young in a place of forever fun. But time is running out. Will Edsel be stuck in Verdada forever? The first in a fantastic three-part series by award-winning author James Roy.

About the author

James Roy was born in western New South Wales in 1968, and spent much of his childhood in Papua New Guinea and Fiji, adventuring by day and reading books by night. Then, one day, tired of reading books by dead people, he decided to start writing his own. His first novel, Almost Wednesday, was released in 1996 and was followed by the CBCA Notable Book Full Moon Racing. Other critical successes came with the CBCA Honour Books Captain Mack and Billy Mack's War, and the Notable Books The Legend of Big Red and A Boat for Bridget. In addition to writing fiction, James also drew on his years as an adolescent nurse to write The 'S' Word - a boys' guide to sex, puberty and growing up. James lives in the Blue Mountains with his wife and two daughters. He doesn't like olives very much, and in his spare time he demonstrates an entirely misplaced confidence in his skills as a guitarist, painter and sportsman.