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Sequel to Boy overboard by Aussie author Morris Gleitzman.
First book was about a family of assylum seekers/boat people, the second book is about a girl (from a family of criminals) who has just started in boarding school. She meets a government minister's son who has been writing to the boy Jamal from the first book, and they hatch a plan to break him and his little sister Bibi from a detention centre.
As usual Gleitzman writes with humour.
It's going to be interesting how he ends this book.
He tends to avoid the "happy ending" type story as well.
He usually goes with the "in your face" realism.

A story of friendship, courage
and a bit of crime.

Bridget wants a quiet life. Including if possible,
keeping her parents out of prison.

Then a boy called Menzies makes her an offer
she can't refuse, and they set off on a job of their own.

It's a desperate, daring plan - to rescue two kids,
Jamal and Bibi, from a desert detention centre.

Can Bridget and Menzies pull off their very first
jail break, or will they end up behind bars too?

Sometimes, to help a friend
you have to dig deep.

The book of lies by James Moloney.
Moloney!
What have you done???
It was awful.
I stuck with it, even when I was so frustrated that I got the urge to throw the book onto the ground and jump on it repeatedly.
(I didn't, ok!)
For smart kids (the characters...), they sure are dumb.
I don't think fantasy is his thing.
All the other books I have read by him have been well written and enjoyable.
AVOID this one.
To make it worse : it ended on a sequel type note.
So, I had a strange dream last night.
I was at a kitchen sink, there was a spider looking dead - sort of like a redback, except it's spot was white.
I started washing it down the drain, and then saw it's pathetic little legs clinging to the plug hole.
It kept slipping (Nooo! Must rescue it!!).
So I got a pair of tongs and stuck it into the plug hole, only to pull up a massive yabbie.
Bright blue it was.
I thought, I can't put this back down the drain because it will eat the poor spider.
I then tried to put it into a container and one of it's nippers... or a are they claws... pincers???? broke off.
Aagh!