The Secret of Jelly Mountain

By Des Hunt
Scholastic New Zealand 2009
ISBN 9781869438913
Paperback $18.99

Jelly Mountain is a landform on the farm where twins Jason and Jessy (13) live with their parents. Nasty Shawn Morris comes to test for oil but he’s also interested in something special on Jelly Mountain and he’ll do anything to get it. The story is packed with excitement, along with information about environmental issues, oil exploration, farming and the ancient tuatara, which is star of the show.

Nine to 14 years.