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Mystery at Riddle Gully Out now in e-book and paperback!1 May 2012; Fremantle Press Pollo di Nozi, reporter-in-training, has a nose for news. Strange things are happening in Riddle Gully and Pollo smells a major scoop. With Shorn Connery, her sheepish sidekick, Pollo is determined to track down the Graffiti Kid. But is Will, the new boy in town, conspiring with the pushy mayor and a strange Transylvanian to send her sniffing up the wrong trail? Pollo is desperate. She needs a story and will do just about anything to get it. Her reluctant offsider, Will, has moved in with his mum and new stepfather and is up to his ears in trouble. Together, Pollo and Will make a pretty good, if misguided, team … for a while. This fast-paced, funny, multi-layered story is packed with adventure, mystery, false leads and bats! … Click here for TEACHING NOTES, REVIEWS, GAMES, A READING and more! |
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Spider Lies2009; Fremantle Press Things aren’t looking good for ‘arachnerd’ Connor. Wart, the weird new girl at school, thinks she’s his friend. But worse than that, he just might be going as kooky as Millie, the old lady next door. Night after night he feels as though something is watching him. He’s sure something’s out there … And his pet spider, Alf, seems to agree. Meanwhile, there’s been a boo-boo at NASA concerning a colony of spiders raised by Connor’s class and sent into space on a NASA shuttle. Because of the lies he’s told, Connor is at home alone. Now he must rely on NASA’s hapless Herman Hatch to help steer him through a potential environmental disaster. A girl who sticks Kool Mints up her nose, a dotty next-door neighbour and her rickety old dog — it’s not exactly the team Connor would have picked to save the world. But together the four prove surprisingly resourceful … |
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Worlds Next DoorPublished in 2010 by FableCroft Publishing Jen’s story ‘Through the Break’ appears in Worlds Next Door, an Australian anthology of speculative fiction stories for 9 to 13 year olds. Published by FableCroft Publishing and edited by Tehani Wessely, Worlds Next Doorcontains stories by 25 Australian authors, each story illustrated by Australian artists. Many of the authors are award-winning and well-known writers of children’s fiction, and the anthology is compiled to be enjoyed by kids and adults alike … |
