SALLY ODGERS BOOKS - C-D … Character lists
CALL ME FIZZ
How can an ordinary girl get noticed when she moves to a new home, or is she doomed to be forever an Annie Average?
SUBJECTS (costume, acting/role playing.)
Camping in the Town Hall (2003)
A bad flood sends a girl and her father to camp in the town hall with other evacuees.
SUBJECTS (camping, floods)
CANDLE
IRON
(HarperCollins 2001)
Allyso Tormblood's home is under siege. With her uncle dying and the castle about to fall there is only one person who can save the future - Allyso herself. What begins as a simple quest for the half-mythical gem of time becomes much more complex as Allyso and her companions are drawn into an adventure where the stakes are higher than Allyso's home and future.
Related books; AMY AMARYLLIS and SHADOWDANCERS take place in the same world.
SUBJECTS (Caves, Castles, Crime, Danger, Dogs, Dragons, invasion, Jewellery, Reinbeast)
THE CASE OF THE
DISAPPEARING DOG
(Koala)
Jilly's dog, Old Butterpaws, vanished two years ago. Now a series of mysterious happenings lead Jilly to suspect that the case of the disappearing dog is only just beginning!
SUBJECTS (Dogs, journals, Time-Travel)
THE CAT BURGLAR OF PETHAVEN DRIVE (1996)
This is a bit of fun about the unassuming Mr D, a dog much embattled by the other animals in his street. This time around, a new villain has moved into Pethaven Drive. The Mean Monstrosity is in trouble and Mr D can help... but why should he?
Related books; WHAT A DAY, which also stars Mr D and the Pethaven Road gang.
SUBJECTS (Cats, Dogs, crime)
THE CAT AND THE KING (1988)
A very simple spin on the saying about cats and kings!
My shortest book so far - just eight pages and forty words!
SUBJECTS (Cats, Royalty, Castles)
CD AND THE GIANT CAT (1997)
Young CD has finished her education and waits to see what job will be assigned for her. She has asked for something with music or animals, but what she gets is a stint at the Desert Depot. Here, CD meets a mysterious Desert Feral and finds herself on the wrong side of the law.
This one was co-written with my husband and is one of my favourites.
SUBJECTS (Cats, crime, computers, music)
CHAT (1999)
Hallie finds a friend in an Internet Chat Room. Luna is great fun, unexpected and exciting. She lives right out in the Horsehead Nebula... or so she says. Chat with Luna is wonderful, but in the meantime Hallie has to deal with the strange and silent new girl, Mel.
This is loosely based on something that really happened to my son, James!
SUBJECTS (Computers and internet)
CINDERELLA'S WEDDING (2001)
Picture book.
CLEVER THOR (2000)
People called "Thor" should be big and strong, but Thor is nothing special - until the day he overhears someone planning to buy some eyes...
SUBJECTS (Teddy bears, toys, fairs)
CLICK! 1995
Something is going Click! In the night...
This is based on something that happened in our family.
SUBJECTS (Insects)
COUNTRY GIRL (1994)
Martha Moon is a country girl, but as she grows older the country is fading around her... The story takes Martha from childhood to extreme old age as she lives through the life and times of the 20th Century.
SUBJECTS (Farms)
A CREW FOR CAPTAIN KATE (1998).
Kate is a pirate captain who hasn't got a crew. When she meets a class of children enjoying a pirate picnic, she thinks all her problems are solved. Can the kids outwit the predatory Kate? Well, of course they can!
SUBJECTS (Boats, Water, Pirates, schools)
CROCODILES SWIM IN THE SEA (1999)
A little non-fic book about animals that swim.
THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF AUSTRALIA (2000) COVER ART
Heroes and Happenings from the last two centuries of Australia, chosen to interest children in primary school.
SUBJECTS (Bushrangers, Convicts)
CREATURE COTTAGE
Baker misses out on a wild-life week because he has chickenpox. Rather unwisely, his aunt offers to make it up to him by taking him for a long weekend at Creature Cottage... It rains. In come the ants. And the millipedes. A thousand hairy legs leave Baker distinctly uneasy, but can he save his project from a dearth of wild-life?
Related books; SOGGY DOGGY DOT COM and ALL PACKED UP also star Baker, Aunt Kris and Cousin Tiffany.
Another one based on fact. This time it was me who met the millipedes and ants, at the writer's centre in Wagga Wagga.
SUBJECTS (insects, illness, cousins, grandparents/aunts/uncles)
D - BOOKS
DAVE AND JOE (1989)
This is the story of a long friendship between a man and a horse. It was published but never distributed.
SUBJECTS (horses)
DEFEND THE DUNNY
The council decides Dunnyup needs a face-lift. Trouble is, that means getting rid of the old town dunny! The dunny holds a lot of secrets, and the Dunnyuppers are determined to save them.
DOLPHIN
Dolphin is just a convict girl, buy she proves her worth several times over in her dealings with the Casey family.
SUBJECTS (convicts, bushrangers, maids, jewellery)
DOWN RIVER, (1980)
Kerry has lived in the shadow of her sister Amber for a long time. Now her penfriend is coming to stay, and Kerry is worried. What if Amber takes over again?
Related books; Amber and Kerry also appear in ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND, ALL THE SEA BETWEEN, TIME OFF, THE SUITCASE, and WINTERSPRING GARDEN.
SUBJECTS (Boats, Water, Dogs, Camping)
THE DAY THE COWS SLEPT IN (1979).
Linked short stories set in the country town of Springford.
Related book; HER KINGDOM FOR A PONY, which stars many of the same characters.
SUBJECTS (Cats, Cows, Farms)
DRUMMOND (1990)
Drummond the Edwardian teddy bear wakes after a long hibernation. He wants his old friend Sarah, but instead he has to make do with the thoroughly modern Nick and his sister - who happens to be another Sarah. Nick and Sarah agree to help Drummond in his search, but living with a talking teddy isn't easy... especially when you're supposed to be old enough to know the difference between reality and fantasy.
SUBJECTS (Teddy Bears, toys, jewellery, costume)
DREADFUL DAVID, (1984)
A hardy perennial picture book about the lively David and the day he spends at Gran's.
SUBJECTS (Cats, Grandparents)
DOG WENT FOR A WALK (1994)
Reading scheme title about Dog who goes for a walk and causes all kinds of trouble.
SUBJECTS (dogs)
DAD'S NEW PATH - (1995)
Dad is making a concrete path, but he doesn't get left in peace.
This one is co-written with my husband, who made the original path.
SUBJECTS (mice, cats)
DON'T LOOK IN THE MIRROR - (2001)
Debs wins a book about superstitions and soon wishes she hadn't! SUBJECTS (superstitions, acting/ role playing)
THE DRAGON'S COMING AFTER YOU (1994)
The Dragon is chasing some children, but they don't seem very scared... an interactive reading scheme picture book.
SUBJECTS (Dragons, Costume, Acting/ role playing)
DAISY TOES (2000)
Mimi loves the story about the Princess of the Lake, but when she tries picking daisies with her toes, the result isn't nearly so romantic as she hopes.
SUBJECTS (flowers, bees, stories)
THE DUCKTATORS (2007)
Flip Chase is a bit surprised when Duncan Plotznik gives her a duckling. In no time, the two of them find themselves under the rule of the ducktators.
SUBJECTS (friendship, ducks)
Related book - The Hitmakers shares some characters.
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