Most Popular Books by Victor Kelleher

Shrugging off his jacket, he grabbed the headstone and began tugging at it. ''Open,'' he wailed. ''Open!''Possession is a chilling phenomenon and Beth''s family are rocked into this nightmare world when her younger brother becomes inhabited by a spirit called Del-Del. Cold, murderous and evil, Del-Del only wants to destroy - and most of all he wants to destroy Sam.This psychological thriller grips like a vice anbd holds the reader taut, on a nerve''s edge, until the final page.

Devastatingly sinister, and uncomfortably familiar, the truth about Parkland is yet to be revealed ... Parklandis the first title in a loosely linked trilogy (including Earthsongand Fire Dancer) exploring themes of humanity, responsibility and freedom.

The disturbing and awesome Beast of Heaven wanders a ruined Earth, destroyed long before by an atomic holocaust. He shares the land with the Gatherers, a gentle nomadic tribe, sensitive to the spirits of those long dead. Also present is the legacy of the project A2Z, an intricate computer debate with terrifying implications.Winner- Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award.

Peter has heard a lot about God and is convinced He must live somewhere. But where? Nobody seems too sure. So Peter sets out on a search of his own.

Reissue of a novel first published in 1992 dealing with a series of incidents in the lives of an unhappy and wild Irish family living in poverty in London, seen through the eyes of a young grandson.

When her father is thrown from their boat during a storm, Claire spends days and night alone at sea, injured and feverish, with only the whales as companions and protectors.

First published in 1990. Fantasy novel for teenagers, named as an honour book in the CBC Book of the Year Awards in 1991. Ramon thinks he is the son of the Sun Lord and the Moon Witch, but terrible events cause him to question his beliefs.The award-winning author''s other publications include ''Forbidden Paths of Thual''.

The great dome of the sky, black, star-sprinkled, arched above him, appearing at that moment so limitless, so vast and free, that the fences and cages of Taronga were dwarfed, reduced to the point where they barely seemed to exist . . . Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country''s most memorable children''s books in the Penguin Australia Children''s Classics series of stories too precious to leave behind.

Reissue of a novel for teenagers first published in the Viking imprint in 1999. 15-year-old Jamie Hassan has been chosen by a Sufi of old Alexandria to step into the realms of the dead and follow the ivory trail through four continents, six generations, and five diverse cultures. As a channeller, Jamie can speak to the dead and relive their lives, but will he deny his remarkable power? Award-winning author''s other publications include ''Taronga'', ''Slow Burn'' and ''Fire Dancer''.

After freeing two ailing baboons from a research station in Africa, David and Jess are unexpectedly caught up in a struggle for survival in the bush.

The story of Emma Wilhelm, an idealistic young woman, starts in SW Africa at the turn of the century, and is recorded 60 years later by her granddaughter.

SUMMARY: From captivity, two baboons are returned to their natural environment but they are unable to cope and must flee to survive.

After a mysterious flash of light in the night sky, strange music drifts from the woodland. To begin with the soft haunting melody entices only birds and animals. But then, three of the townsfolk - Angie, Ross and Mad Jack - are affected. Alone, unaided, they investigate.

Novel by the prize-winning author dealing with racial, spiritual and sexual conflict in Australia in 1988. Jack Rudd is caught between his fixation with an Aboriginal activist and his guilt feelings over Benny who lies in hospital in a coma.

This collection contains two of Victor Kelleher''s powerful books of interwoven stories, The Travellerand Micky Darlin'', as well as previously uncollected pieces. Taken together, they lead us on a journey- one which moves through the guilt-ridden, violent terrain of Central and Southern Africa; then shifts to an Australia which has yet to learn the lessons of pity and compassion; and ends where in a sense it began - in the raw, all-too-human world of the poor expatriate Irish living in London in the forties. Vivid, moving, and always finely crafted, this collection reveals those diverse qualities which have won Victor Kelleher major awards as a writer for both adults and children. ''Uncompromising in their emotional honesty.'' Elizabeth Perkins, Outrider

Nonsensical children''s picture book for younger readers. Billy loves baked beans and eats them constantly. When Mum gives him four huge helpings for his birthday treat, the consequences are both funny and surprising. Both author and illustrator have produced many children''s books.