Drop Dead, Mad Dog Fred

by Jonathan Harlen

With comic detail and wacky characters, this imaginative story tells of a resourceful girl, Sam, and her quest to save the family farm while her eccentric father, Fred, invents peculiar solutions to everyday problems. This lovable tale offers the wild and funny adventures of a madcap, wombat-farming family and their adventures amid crocodorpions, talking dingos, and giant pythons.

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2005

About the author

Jonathan Harlen is the author of the young adult novel The Lion and the Lamb, and of other works for adults and children. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1963.