Clovis: Based on a true story

by Barry Jonsberg

A YA novel by multi-award-winning author Barry Jonsberg.Gray is in Year Eleven when he moves with his mother from Darwin to a converted church just outside the village of Clovis in rural Victoria. It seems idyllic, but Gray soon realises that not all is at it seems in his new home. Strange things happen .. things that quickly turn into a nightmare. Gray is living in a horror movie and the plot just seems to get more and more violent. Time is running out before he and his new friend, Cass, can figure out who's behind the chilling events in Clovis. and how they can stop it all escalating into murder.

243 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 29, 2021

About the author

Barry Jonsberg is an Australian author and teacher originally from Liverpool, England. He holds degrees in English and Psychology from Liverpool University and moved to Australia in 1999. His debut novel, The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull, earned acclaim in 2005, and his follow-up, It’s Not All About YOU, Calma, won the 2006 South Australian Festival Award for Children’s Literature. Jonsberg has continued to receive numerous honors, including awards and shortlistings for Dreamrider, My Life as an Alphabet, A Little Spark, and Smoke & Mirrors, affirming his place in contemporary young adult literature.