Black Taxi - Softcover

James Moloney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0207199892 ISBN 13: 9780207199899

Publisher: Angus & Robertson, 2003

Synopsis

Rosie Sinclair inadvertently becomes involved in a jewellery heist because she is driving her grandfather's black Mercedes'. The Mercedes provides Rosie with a new job as a Black Taxi operator for elderly people and the reason for her troubles with the thieves involved in the jewellery heist.

About this title

About the Author:

James Moloney has written many award-winning books for children, including A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove, which won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award. A full-time writer, Mr. Moloney lives in Brisbane, Australia, with his wife and three children.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 8 Up–Rosie Sinclair, 16, loves her grandfather but is aware that he's "just a little bent" and oftentimes on the wrong side of the law. So when he's arrested and jailed for a crime, she knows that the inevitable has happened. The teen inherits his Mercedes and the responsibilities the Merc entails: taxiing elderly citizens on errands. She even gets a cell phone for her troubles, and her new vehicle helps catch the eye of sweet jock Todd and bad boy Chris. Soon she starts to get calls from a cranky and dangerous-sounding scoundrel who demands that she return The Ring. Rosie doesn't know what he's talking about but realizes that she'd better figure it out before anyone gets hurt. This frothy read does not falter. Rosie's narration is quirky, smart, and funny. She's essentially an Australian teenage Stephanie Plum, as in Janet Evanovich's One for the Money (S & S, 1994). While the tone and content are appropriate for teen readers, it's important to note that Rosie's friend, Glenda, is two years older and works as an exotic dancer in order to pay for her university schooling. The two enjoy an honest, sisterly relationship and are the best-developed characters in the story. Astute readers will pin the villain but will have fun finding out the how and the why.–Sarah Couri, New York Public Library

About this edition

• Publisher: Angus & Robertson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0207199892
• ISBN 13: 9780207199899
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216