"They were coming back! Did they suspect? They must. Just by looking at her, anyone would know she had something to hide.... "
Ursula Dubosarsky's classic comedy about a young family who move from the city to country Australia. Eleven-year-old Bella settles into her new way of life, but her guilty conscience gets her into all sorts of tangles with visiting relatives! A personal and classroom read-aloud favourite. Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year awards.
"Destined to fall into the canon of classic Australian works for children." Magpies
"Noisy, opinionated and delightfully eccentric. I hope Ursula Dubosarsky writes a thousand books." The NSW School Magazine
URSULA DUBOSARSKY was born in Sydney and is the author of over 50 books for children and young adults. She has won multiple national literary prizes and has been nominated for both the Hans Christian Anderson and Astrid Lindgren international awards for children's literature.
Cover illustration and design by Amy Golbach
Genre: Children's Fiction
Ursula Dubosarsky's classic comedy about a young family who move from the city to country Australia. Eleven-year-old Bella settles into her new way of life, but her guilty conscience gets her into all sorts of tangles with visiting relatives! A personal and classroom read-aloud favourite. Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year awards.
"Destined to fall into the canon of classic Australian works for children." Magpies
"Noisy, opinionated and delightfully eccentric. I hope Ursula Dubosarsky writes a thousand books." The NSW School Magazine
URSULA DUBOSARSKY was born in Sydney and is the author of over 50 books for children and young adults. She has won multiple national literary prizes and has been nominated for both the Hans Christian Anderson and Astrid Lindgren international awards for children's literature.
Cover illustration and design by Amy Golbach
Genre: Children's Fiction
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