How to Spell Catastrophe

How to Spell Catastrophe

Fiona Wood

Fiona Wood

Nell McPherson is a catastrophe expert, but nothing has prepared her for the impending catastrophe of her mum's plans to merge families with boyfriend, Ted and his annoying daughter, Amelia. As if that's not dire enough, grade six is turning into an emotional obstacle course as Nell moves away from her old spelling bee friends and into some rule-bending with new girl, Plum. When Nell decides to tackle the biggest catastrophe of them all, climate change, and campaigns for grade six to attend the School Strike 4 Climate, old friends and new will come together, and along the way plans to foil the family merge give way to an understanding that it might not be such a disaster after all.
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The Boy and the Dog Tree

The Boy and the Dog Tree

Fiona Wood

Fiona Wood

' So, are you my dog?' Mitch whispered, hardly daring to ask. ' No,' said Argos. ' But you are my boy. For a time.' Mitch' s life has been uprooted. Instead of the whole family moving to a new city, Mitch and his sister are staying with their gran while their parents are stuck on the other side of the world. As he struggles to fit in at school, with the Grade Five bully picking on him, Mitch knows the one thing that would make his life better is a dog. If only he could persuade his parents. Then Mitch discovers an old oak tree that seems to ... growl. And one night, a strange, majestic dog-like creature emerges from the trunk. His name is Argos. He has been bound in the tree by ' history, mystery, magic and chance' and he is here to help Mitch find his way. While at first Mitch looks to Argos for friendship and protection, there comes a time he must stand up for this wild and magical beast. A heart-lifting tale of friendship, courage and belonging by three-time CBCA Award-winning...
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Six Impossible Things

Six Impossible Things

Fiona Wood

Fiona Wood

Fourteen-year-old nerd-boy Dan Cereill is not quite coping with a reversal of family fortune, moving house, new school hell, a mother with a failing wedding cake business, a just-out gay dad, and an impossible crush on the girl next door.His life is a mess, but for now he's narrowed it down to just six impossible things...
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Cloudwish

Cloudwish

Fiona Wood

Fiona Wood

For Vân Uoc Phan, fantasies fell into two categories: nourishing, or pointless. Daydreaming about Billy Gardiner, for example? Pointless. It always left her feeling sick, as though she'd eaten too much sugar. Vân Uoc doesn't believe in fairies, zombies, vampires, Father Christmas - or magic wishes. She believes in keeping a low profile: real life will start when school finishes. But when she attracts the attention of Billy Gardiner, she finds herself in an unwelcome spotlight.Not even Jane Eyre can help her now.Wishes were not a thing. They were not. Correction. Wishes were a thing. Wishes that came true were sometimes a thing. Wishes that came true because of magic were not a thing!Were they?From the author of Six Impossible Things and Wildlife, winner of the 2014 CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers.
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