This is the best kids' book I've read since Philip Pullman. What a ripsnorter of a yarn! This is an action packed, character filled adventure story set in Broome. Barefoot Kidsrevolves around the Jirroo cousins - Janey, Jimmy, Tich, Buddy and Dancer - who play in a band together. Their special place, Eagle Beach, is under threat from developers . The kids start a campaign to save the beach, which leads to adventure, danger and excitement. Mixed in is the story of a missing treasure - millions of dollars worth of diamonds which mysteriously disappeared, along with the children's great-grandfather, in 1942. Join the Jirroo kids on a their quest to save Eagle Beach, and get lost along the way on a modern-day treasure hunt.