Nitty Gritty 1 - Hot Money

It landed right at my feet, almost as if it had been aimed at me. I knew August was right. I shouldn’t pick it up. But I did. Even though I was scared, for some reason I just had to. It was as if I already knew what was inside . . .

It’s not every day that ten thousand dollars lands at your feet. Miles and August are mucking around on their bikes after school when a bank robber’s proceeds are flung from a speeding car’s window, with the police in hot pursuit. Miles knows what he must do with the money – he must hand it in, right? But he and Dad could really use ten thousand bucks right now – they could move out of Gran’s place, maybe even buy a house of their own . . .

Nitty Gritty Novels - Level 1
Reading Level 9-11 years

Title	Author	Genre	ISBN
Dark Stone Eye	Scot Gardner	Mystery	9781442528413
Deep Ark 6	Stu Duval	Science Fiction	9781442528390
Doppelganger	Alison Lohans	Mystery	9781442527638
Escape	Glynne MacLean	Historical Fiction	9781442524439
Hot Money	Bill Nagelkerke	Adventure	9781442528406
The Intruder	John Lockyer	Science Fiction	9781442527591
Memory Bones	Melaina Faranda	Historical Fiction	9781442524798
Petronas	Tina Shaw	Fantasy	9781442524682
Pictures	Linda Aksomitis	Adventure	9781442527621
Rat Keeper, Cat Keeper	Jillian Sullivan	Contemporary Fiction	9781442524477
Super Sister	Gary Cross	Fantasy	9781442527607
Trouble Jones	Tom Bradley	Contemporary Fiction	9781442527614
Teacher's Guide			9781442528772

New to the Nitty Gritty series, Bill Nagelkerke is a prolific New Zealand children’s writer and children’s librarian. His stories, poems and plays have appeared in several New Zealand anthologies and he has published many titles in the education market. His work has also been broadcast on National Radio’s ‘Storytime’ and various children’s television programmes, including Playschool. In both 2006 and 2008 he was successfully nominated by Storylines to be a member of the international Hans Christian Andersen Award jury.