Michelle Scott Tucker

A groundbreaking portrait of an ordinary English gentlewoman who would go on to become one of Australia's most significant, if little known, historical figures. In 1788, a young gentlewoman raised in the vicarage of an English village married a handsome, haughty, and penniless army officer. In any Austen novel, that would be the end of the story, but for the...

SHORTLISTED: 2025 Children's Book Prize, Queensland Literary AwardsThe crocodile's eyes were yellow, slit by a vertical pupil. The creature remained perfectly still, but it throbbed with life. Ezra felt goosebumps in spite of the afternoon heat, and took a few steps back. 'Is that thing looking at you?' asked Mason. 'Nah. How could it be?' Twelve-year-old Ezra is an ordinary...