Gary Crew is one of Australia's foremost writers for children and adolescents, having won the CBC Book of the Year Award four times. This detailed examination of Crew's work offers an overview of his books, and highlights the stylistic features of plot, characterization, imagery and symbolism. The novels studied include "The Inner Circle", "The House of Tomorrow", "Strange Objects", "No Such County", "Angel's Gate", "Inventing Anthony West", "The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie" and "The Blue Feather".