Giving in to high spirits and booze, Ellis wakes next morning in a strange bed, with a stonking hangover and a shaven head! He learns that a child has been kidnapped, and is persuaded to help in her rescue! This is a bizarre, surreal and powerful novel in which the reader is taken on the same roller coaster ride as Ellis. The story is narrated hour by hour, as Ellis packs a life time of experiences into the next twenty four hours. From that moment on, nothing is the same again. He gatecrashes a party and persuaded to ‘rescue’ two sisters Ursa and Leo, driving them back to the Land of Smiles the ex motel where they live. Returning to his home town, he gets drawn into a situation in which the ‘old’ Ellis would never have become embrangled. The difference is that four months ago, his best friend Simon killed himself. The Man from the Land of Fandango (2012)Ĭompelling drama in which 17 year old Ellis comes to terms with the meaning of death! Ellis is an ordinary 17 year old someone who’s planning to finish school and go to university like any other teenager.The Greatest Binnie in the World (1995).Iris La Bonga and the Helpful Taxi Driver (1993).A Busy Day for a Good Grandmother (1993).Iris La Bonga and the Boomerzoomer (1990).Iris LA Bonga and the Locked Door (1990).

The Pumpkin Man and the Crafty Creeper (1990).The Great White Man-eating Shark (1989).The Girl Who Washed in Moonlight (1987).The Robber Pig and the Ginger Beer (1987).The Terrible Topsy-Turvy, Tissy-Tossy Tangle (1987).The Great Grumbler and the Wonder Tree (1984).The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate (1976).Railway Engine and the Hairy Brigands (1973).Sailor Jack and the Twenty Orphans (1970).The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom (2001).Tingleberries, Tuckertubs and Telephones (1995).The Blood-and-Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak (1989).The Great Piratical Rumbustification (1981).

The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy