"A supercharged, international, Internet adventure."
Ned is a wizard with a computer. The king of the remote control. He adores snakes, lizards... read full description
Ned is a wizard with a computer. The king of the remote control. He adores snakes, lizards... read full description
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Jan 03, 2010
Beth
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Remote Man is a humorous and suspenseful mystery from award-winning Australian author. When computer geek Ned's techno-phobe mother, a renowned tree scientist, suffers a nervous breakdown, he is first shipped off to visit cousins, then dragged along with Mum on extended vacation to America. While there, Ned and his neighbor Rocky make quick friends over observing a small family of bears, until Rocky unwittingly leads poachers posing as nature photographers to their animal friends. Furious at the
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Dec 06, 2008
Claire
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Ned is Remote Man, he can perform computing feats. His mom is a noted plant biologist who flips out one day. While she recuperates Ned stays with his cousins in the Out Back. While there he brushes with a rare animal poacher. As Mom recovers she takes a job based in Massachusetts and moves Ned there where he sees the poacher again! Using technology, chat rooms, internet scams, and sheer guts and international ring of cyber friends go after this criminal. There is a lot of suspense in this reali
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Jan 29, 2012
Kindred Spirit
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One of my favourite books. About a young boy's (Ned) adventures with his array of international friends as they try to stop an animal smuggler. This book has everything you could want in a Young Adult book: adventure, family, friends, animals, bear hunts, car chases, international crime, espionage, kooky internet chat rooms and even kookier friends from a variety of international locations.
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