Queasy Rider

A daring challenge with an unlikely winner in the exciting new Lightning Strikes series.

Thicky and Nobby find an old discarded bike near the railway tracks. Nobby thinks the bike is rubbish; Thicky, however, can see 'potential' and they hatch a plan: each rider puts twenty cents in a jar, and the person who dares to ride the bike to the bottom of the hill, wins the loot. Thinking themselves pretty clever, Thcky and Nobby think they have it all sewn up, but will there be a surprise?

• Lightning Strikes is a fun new series of fast-paced and fun stories with eye-catching cover effects.
• Other Lightning Strikes titles include: 'The Great Shave', 'Black Baron', 'Going for Broke', 'Jinxed' and 'Sucked in'.

About The Author

James Roy was born in Trundle, western NSW. When he was ten months old his parents accepted a missionary appointment to the highlands of Papua New Guinea. A placement in Fiji followed some years later and, by the age of 16, James had spent more than half of his life living in the islands of the South Pacific. He attributes much of his early interest in books to the absence of TV, a wonderful library full of adventure books, and the opportunity to play as those characters in wild, adventuresome places. James lives in the Blue Mountains with his family and writes both fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults.