Karys McEwen

It’s the start of the summer holidays and twelve-year-old Bertie is worried. Next year she’s going to a high school in the city, while all her friends stay behind in Merri, the small town she’s lived in all her life. To help her feel better prepared for high school, her best friend, Claire, makes a list of tasks Bertie has...

Twelve-year-old Art and his younger brother Hilary are great friends, best friends. When they move to Melbourne from a small town in Queensland, things seem to be easy for Hilary, who is still in primary school, but Art struggles to fit in and becomes a target for school bully Jack. His dad is too busy to give him much attention,...