The House Guest

When Gunno breaks into the quiet house with the big garden, he has no idea how it will change his life. Something about the place keeps drawing him back: its daytime silence, its solitude, and the mysterious upstairs bedroom that belongs-or belonged-to a boy very much like Gunno. As he unravels the mysteries of the house and the family that seems to half-live there, Gunno becomes less certain of his own place in the world-until his destiny is revealed in a chilling and transcendent conclusion.

This genre-defying ghost story is a classic of Australian young adult literature. When it was first released in 1991, The House Guest swept the young adult literary awards, winning the Children's Book Council Book of the Year, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the SA Festival Award for Literature in its category. Screen rights have recently been optioned by one of Australia's most successful screenwriting teams.