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y separately published work icon The Scorpion's Tail single work   children's fiction   children's   science fiction  
Is part of The Doomsday Rats James Moloney , 2004 series - author children's fiction (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Scorpion's Tail
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'The second instalment in James Moloney's compelling Doomsday Rats series takes up the story exactly where Book One left off ... In a futuristic city ruled by an evil scientific genius, the resistance group of children known as the Doomsday Rats might be the only hope of saving mankind. Up until now their greatest advantage has been that no-one knows they live in the underground tunnels - but three of them have just been forced to reveal the secret. Now the rats are fighting for their lives, as they are tracked through the tunnels by the hideous Gadges - the city's security force - using a strange creature with the hearing of a bat and the sight of a vulture. Yet maybe this creature isn't on the Gadges' side after al ... There's worse to come, as the Rats must face the terrifying Firedrake - and a robotic scorpion that fires missiles from its tail. But when the Gadges decide to flood the tunnel system, how many of the Rats will survive?' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2005 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 160p.
      ISBN: 0207196664

Works about this Work

[Review] The Scorpion's Tail Lucy Sussex , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 2 April 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of The Scorpion's Tail James Moloney , 2005 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Scorpion's Tail Gail Mahon , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 84 no. 7 2005; (p. 32)

— Review of The Scorpion's Tail James Moloney , 2005 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Scorpion's Tail Russ Merrin , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 20 no. 1 2005; (p. 36)

— Review of The Scorpion's Tail James Moloney , 2005 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Scorpion's Tail Russ Merrin , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 20 no. 1 2005; (p. 36)

— Review of The Scorpion's Tail James Moloney , 2005 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Scorpion's Tail Gail Mahon , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 84 no. 7 2005; (p. 32)

— Review of The Scorpion's Tail James Moloney , 2005 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Scorpion's Tail Lucy Sussex , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 2 April 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of The Scorpion's Tail James Moloney , 2005 single work children's fiction
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