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The 10 Pm Question by Kate de Goldi is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The 10 Pm Question about?

A warm, surprising, real and intelligent novel you will fall in love with. Frankie Parsons is twelve and has a rodent voice of worry nibbling in his head. His new friend - colourful, creative, talkative Sydney - has relentless, unavoidable questions of her own that force Frankie and his family to face up to things that have lain dormant for years.'In Kate de Goldi's sensitive, vital and hilarious novel, Frankie and the reader walk hand in hand through pages that gleam with hope and humour.'Ursula DubosarskyFrankie parsons is twelve going on old man, an apparently sensible, talented boy with a drumbeat of worrying questions steadily gaining volume in his head:Are the smoke alarm batteries flat?Does the cat, and therefore the rest of the family, have worms?Will bird flu strike and ruin life as we know it?Is the Kidney-shaped spot on his chest actually a galloping cancer?Only Ma takes seriously his catalogue of persistent queries. But it is ma who is the cause of the most worrying question of all, the one that Frankie can never bring himself to ask. Then the new girl arrives at school and has questions of her own: relentless, unavoidable questions. So begins the unraveling of Frankie

Who reads The 10 Pm Question?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Kate de Goldi
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9781741768329
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Juvenile
Rating
3.8 / 5 (1,032 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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