SALLY ODGERS BOOKS M-O … Character lists
THE MAGICIAN'S BOX (1991) Copies available from
sodgers@tassie.net.au
Middle child Jessica wins the magician's box as a prize at the
agricultural show. The box has a very strange effect on her pet calf,
Silverwood and exacerbates Jessica's already-difficult relationship with her
perfectionist father.
Related books;
THE MAGICIAN'S BOX has a slight relationship with the BANDINANGI SERIES, (FIVE
EASY LESSONE, THREE MISSING DAYS, THREE LOONY MONTHS, ONE WEIRD WEEK and KAYAK)
and shares a major character with ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND and ALL THE SEA BETWEEN.
SUBJECTS (donkeys, shows, cows, magic)
MAKING PICTURES (1998)
A history of picture-making through the ages.
SUBJECTS (painting and photography)
MANGROVE MYSTERY (2002)
Ruby's brother Oliver takes Auntie and his sisters out in a boat on
the Mangrove River. A headache and much mud cause problems… especially when
Oliver gets lost and the tide begins to rise!
SUBJECTS (water, sea, illness and injury, boats,
grandparents, aunts and uncles, fishing, lost)
MARIA AND THE POCKET (Macmillan Southern Cross, 1987) F/R
Maria is going to be bridesmaid at her cousin's wedding. Faced with
a pink dress with frills like lettuce, Maria makes a bargain which finally
saves the day!
This
one has really lovely illustrations.
SUBJECTS (weddings, costume, cousins, Greece)
MARIA’S DIARY - (co-written with Darrel Odgers.)
Maria has diabetes and must learn to live a whole new life.
SUBJECTS (illness and injury)
Matt the Mage; First Spells (2004)
Matt wants to be a mage… but that’s a pretty big ambition for a kid
from the Outback.
SUBJECTS (outback, magic, wizards, mermaids, camels)
MAYA THE ADVENTURELESS (2001)
Maya's brother bets her she'll see "something weird down
Ticking Lane". Maya takes the bet, and from being "Maya the
adventureless:, she becomes the heroine of the adventure of the Monster Dog.
SUBJECTS (monsters, old houses, grandparents)
MINIPIGS (1995).
Sam and Mardie get a guineapig each for a pet... both are female
but there must have been some fraternisation at the pet shop for before they
know it the place is over-run by minipigs!
Related books;
SILLY ASS is about the same family.
SUBJECTS (donkeys, guineapigs)
MIX AND MATCH (1998)
Identical twin suitors... what's a girl to do? Aberdeen Shawcross
is down on her luck when she meets Jet Diamond. Later, she encounters his
twin brother Jasper, with very difficult consequences. Set in Sydney,
Queensland and the island state of Tasmania.
Related books;
IN SEARCH OF A HUSBAND and TRIPLE TREAT share some characters and settings.
SUBJECTS (dancing, costume, romance, illness and injury,
ships, water, crime, cousins, cockatoos, dogs, film, photography)
MONSTER BAIT (2001)
Camping out on a Scottish island is fun, but when they hear rumours
of a monster, the children decide to catch it on film.
SUBJECTS (isands, Scotland, monsters)
MONSTER MINDER - (2001.)
Trish is good with animals, but Dad has allergies, so she has to
satisfy her pet-hunger by becoming a pet-sitter. Young Mac longs to help, but
Trish is convinced he will hinder instead. That's before Venus comes to
visit... Venus really is a pet with a difference!
Related books;
Blossom Archer, who bred Venus, is Justin's grandmother from the Bandinangi
Books.
SUBJECTS (Vampires, plants, animals)
THE MONSTERS (2001)
Small One and his mob are happy until the monsters come.
SUBJECTS (fear and danger, monsters, kangaroos)
MRS HONEY'S LIST (1994).
Mrs Honey is organising the school fete - a very difficult
business.
SUBJECTS (school, shows, cooking)
MUNCH ON THAT (2001)
Making biscuits sounds like a harmless occupations, but
"Biscuits with a Difference" isn't exactly your average recipe book.
SUBJECTS (dogs, grandparents, magic)
MY AUNT AGATHA (1988)
Two old ladies share a house, then one of them dies suddenly. Their
great-niece suspects murder, and she's right!
This
is a reading scheme title... one of my more unusual ones.
SUBJECTS (twins, cats, crime, grandparents etc)
MY FATHER; THE MAD PROFESSOR (1997)
Erica's mum gets a chance to direct three films, so Erica goes to
live with her dad, the professor of the title.
SUBJECTS (films, scientists, parrots.)
N - BOOKS
NIGHT MUST ALWAYS COME (1999 ) 
Californian Susannah Ashendon has inherited a house in far-away
Tasmania. She arrives in a snowstorm, and settles in for a short stay... only
to discover that she is not alone in the house.
SUBJECTS (old houses, snow, storms, other countries,
camping, cousins, grandparents, romance)
NEW WORLD (1987)
Jame and his family and the other Petterites have been living on
New World for generations, but they have never yet met The Others...
SUBJECTS (horses, other worlds, cows)
NIGHTLANDS
I'm lost in Nightlands. The world is full of shadows and phantom
sounds... it all began when I went to Marty's party...
This
is a reading scheme title... another of my more unusual ones.
SUBJECTS (aliens, music, fear, cousins, illness and
injury)
A NIFTY NEST
The finches have always nested in Finch Valley, but now a developer
has moved in. Fortunately, the finches are practical birds who make the best of
things. And of course, they have a friend in Emily Mortar.
This
is a reading scheme title... presenting cooperation between people and birds.
O - BOOKS
O'Connor died for love. He's willing to do it again.
Annabel is on the run from a violent husband, O'Connor is waiting for
his Eliza. The two meet in the desert at the place called O'Connor's Leap and
after their first encounter nothing will ever be the same again.
SUBJECTS (horses, outback, romance, camping, fear and
danger, illness and injury, ghosts, fire, storms)
ONE WEIRD WEEK (1993) Copies available from
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Justin is offered a wishing ring, Jeremy is haunted by an
autograph. Rachel just wishes something would happen to her. In other words,
all is the way it should be in Bandinangi.
Related
books; FIVE EASY LESSONS, THREE MISSING DAYS, THREE LOONY MONTHS and KAYAK are
the others in the Bandinangi Books set. THE MAGICIAN'S BOX is also connected.
SUBJECTS (magic, ghosts, acting, old houses, painting,
Christianity, monsters.)
THE OLD HOUSE (1998)
A spooky old house is a frightening place to stay, but who wants to
seem a chicken?
SUBJECTS (music, old houses, Greece, fear.)
OUTSIDE (1987)
For centuries no-one has been Outside... but now the times are
a'changing.
My
first published sci fi... and probably one of the first reading scheme sci-fi
books in the country!
SUBJECTS (other worlds, robots)
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