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Careful What You Wish for by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Children's Fiction
Ruth Craze thinks life can't get any worse. She fights with her brothers, her parents drive her mad and no one ever listens to her. So when Rodney the Rat suggests a way out, Ruth is ready to risk everything. Three wishes.Three chances to create her perfect life. A million ways to get it wrong.
Chain of Hearts by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Fiction
Seventeen-year-old Sophie Douglas hates her parents, hates her life, hates school. When she is forced to stay with her aunt Fran in the country, she is prepared to be bored out of her mind...But Fran is different, different from Sophie's mother and the rest of the family. This novel interweaves the stor ...Show more
Flash Jack by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Young Adult
When burglars break in to Jack's house, they take all his stuff. Now, he's got no skateboard, no CDs, nothing. All his brothers do is fight his mum's going crazy, his dad's trying to set an example, but hey, who's interested? Then, Jack meets Diana. And, life is anything but boring. This title is suitab ...Show more
Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude Get a Life by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Young Adult
A compulsively readable story which has achieved classic status. Three very different girls from the same country town share an inner-city house during their first year out of school. 'Sometimes your life changes and you don't know why. A kind of shift happens. I remember thinking, well, that's over: e ...Show more
Rose By Any Other Name by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Young Adult
Rose is all packed up. She's got a van full of petrol and a stack of CDs. She's got a surfboard in the back and a secret that won't go away. But that's okay. She also has enough attitude to light up the night sky. Then her mother decides to come along...and Rose's road trip takes an unplanned U-turn, st ...Show more
Somebody's Crying by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Young Adult
A murder in a country town is the backdrop for the story of three young people, Alice, Tom and Jonty, who are bound together because Alice's mother was murdered and Jonty is the suspect. This is a compulsive read from master storyteller Maureen McCarthy.
Stay with Me by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Young Adult
The unforgettable story of a young woman finding the courage to escape her present, face her past and embrace her future, from the bestselling author of The Convent.
The Convent by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Young Adult
A breathtaking novel that follows the hidden and intertwined lives of four young women as they face difficult, life-changing, impossible choices during the 1920s, 1960s, and the present 'I woke up with a feeling about today,' Stella says dreamily. 'Something truly amazing is going to happen.' 'To us or ...Show more
The Convent by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Young Adult
'I woke up with a feeling about today,' Stella says dreamily. 'Something truly amazing is going to happen.' 'To us or to the world?' I say. 'To you.' 'To me?' I laugh. 'Nothing ever happens to me, Stella.' 'But today it will.' 'Will it be good?' She looks thoughtful and then frowns. 'I ...I don't know.' ...Show more
When You Wish upon a Rat by Maureen McCarthy
Category: Children's Fiction
With echoes of such classic wish-gone-wrong books as Freaky Friday, Half Magic, and Coraline, this terrific novel has the potential to become a middle-grade staple.Eleven-year-old Ruth Craze is pretty sure she's stuck in the wrong life. With an absentminded inventor for a father and a flighty artist for ...Show more
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