The Shiny Guys
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The Shiny Guysby Doug MacLeod, is a dark, sometimes funny novel about how fantasy and reality can merge, especially when electricity is involved.
'Wouldn't it be funny if they were real?'
'Shiny red men?'
'What if I were the sane one and everyone else was mad?'
One night, the shiny guys visit fifteen-year-old Colin Lapsley. They don't speak, but Colin can read their thoughts. They want him to pay for the terrible thing that he has done. When the shiny guys won't go away, Colin is admitted to ward 44. Ther he discovers an alien world, a powerful weapon, a gentle giant, and a girl who may be able to see what he can see.
The Shiny Guys is a dark, sometimes funny novel about how fantasy and reality can merge, especially when electricity is involved.
Author: Doug MacLeod
Format: Paperback, 272 pages, 130mm x 198mm, 256 g
Published: 2012, Penguin Random House Australia, Australia
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Interest Age: From 12 years
Description
The Shiny Guysby Doug MacLeod, is a dark, sometimes funny novel about how fantasy and reality can merge, especially when electricity is involved.
'Wouldn't it be funny if they were real?'
'Shiny red men?'
'What if I were the sane one and everyone else was mad?'
One night, the shiny guys visit fifteen-year-old Colin Lapsley. They don't speak, but Colin can read their thoughts. They want him to pay for the terrible thing that he has done. When the shiny guys won't go away, Colin is admitted to ward 44. Ther he discovers an alien world, a powerful weapon, a gentle giant, and a girl who may be able to see what he can see.
The Shiny Guys is a dark, sometimes funny novel about how fantasy and reality can merge, especially when electricity is involved.
The Shiny Guys