SALLY ODGERS BOOKS T-Z … Character lists
TAKING
A CHANCE (1995) Copies
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Thomas
has to live with his unknown mother while his father is in hospital. Abigail is
kind, but it seems she doesn't know how to be a mother... and perhaps
she isn't even human?
SUBJECTS (painting, school, romance, magic, flowers, dogs,
fear and danger.)
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TEAM SONG, (2006)
(Spacesports series.)
Janna loves singing, but she also loves #D. Can she do
both?
Related books: Down to Earth,
Space Skipper, The Price of a Team.
TERRIBLE
TWINGE
Rhys
and Ceri are always fighting, but Ceri is tired of the wars.
SUBJECTS (school,
twins, acting, sport, fear and danger.)
THAT'S
ENOUGH (1989)
Babysitting
a little sister can be a real problem when she decides to build a cubby!
SUBJECTS (cubbies)
THERE
WERE CATS (1987)
The
youngest witch must choose herself a cat.
SUBJECTS (poetry, witches, cats.)
THREE
LOONY MONTHS (1992)
Justin
and his family are caught in an economy drive an their attempts to earn some
money leads to all kinds of weird situations.
Related books; Five Easy Lessons, One Weird Week, Three Missing Days,
Kayak.
SUBJECTS (dogs, lost, camping, grandparents, dance, painting,
THREE
MISSING DAYS (1993)
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Steve
and Matt go bushwalking and lose three days out of their lives. Meanwhile, Rose
Zebra-Hooves-Backward has problems at home.
Related books; Five Easy Lessons, One Weird Week, Three Loony Months,
Kayak.
SUBJECTS (lost, camping, caves, grandparents, witches, magic, time
travel, other worlds)
THIS
WAY OUT (1997)
A
young boy is stuck in a maze.
Related books; Great! Peace and Quiet.
SUBJECTS (lost,
camping, mazes.)
TIGER
TRAIL (2001)
Cassandra and
her father are on the trail of the Tasmanian tiger - or Thylacine.
SUBJECTS (stories, lost, thylacine, journal.)
TIMEDETECTORS
- (1995)
Tom
and Coxie go camping and borrow Dad's metal detector. They're about to embark
on the adventure of their lives!
Related books; A Theft In Time.
SUBJECTS (lost, camping, time-travel,
school, computers, crime, jewellery, fear and danger, illness and injury,
cockatoos.)
TIMEDETECTORS
2; A THEFT IN TIME (1997.)
Tom
and Coxie meet again, They've sworn not to time-travel again, but it really is
a matter of life and death - Tom's!
Related books; Timedetectors.
SUBJECTS (lost, camping, time-travel,
computers, crime, jewellery, kidnap, fear and danger, illness and injury, cockatoos.)
TIME
OFF (1982)
Rosemary's
mother is getting married again. A stepfather is one thing, but Rosemary has to
get used to a whole new extended family.
Related books; Down River.
SUBJECTS (camping, grandparents.)
TIMOTHY
WHUFFENPUFFEN-WHIPPERSNAPPER (1995)
Marcus
inherits an expandable dragon from his elusive great uncle Hinkley.
SUBJECTS (dragons, magic, crime, painting,
kidnap, grandparents.)
THE
TRAIN HOME (1999)
Jase
and Jordy are not supposed to take the train home, but one day they miss the
last bus...
SUBJECTS (schools, lost, music, fear and
danger, dogs.)
TRANSLATIONS
IN CELADON (1998)
Rosanna
is flattered when Sari asks for her help in building a new world, but flattery
turns to fear when Rosanna discovers that Celadon is real. Along with Sari,
Rafe, Asher and Suzanne, Rosanna must travel to the city of Cerulean, but only
one of her companions can be trusted.
SUBJECTS (magic, other worlds, horses, cousins, royalty, witches,
werewolves, fear and danger, illness and injury, storms, snow, water, trees.)
TRINITY
STREET (1997) Copies
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Tell
and Camena have been friends since childhood, but now Gerhardt Watchman has
moved into their equation. Tell is alarmed and suspicious, but suspicions won't
save her from her destiny...
SUBJECTS (time-travel, crime, school,
kidnap, twins, adoption, romance, fear and danger, illness and injury.)
.........
German edition.
Triple
treat
A
double engagement party is just what Ellie doesn't need - especially when one
of the bridegrooms-elect collapses on top of her in the kitchen. Alex's lady
isn't pleased, and one broken engagement leads to another... soon three girls
and three men are on the loose in a wild game of kiss-chase that becomes more
complicated by the day.
Related books; Golden Lode, Mix and Match.
SUBJECTS (romance, outback, horses, ships,
islands, water, storms, lost, photography, film, acting, twins, illness and
injury, dancing.)
20
TOP TIPS AND UNWRITTEN RULES FOR WRITERS (2007)
Tips
and hints to help writers place that manuscript – and to explain why they might
have been unsuccessful so far!
Trip
to the Tip (
Madelaine
accompanies her grown up brother on a film-making trip to the tip of Cape York.
Madelaine's efforts help Brad more than he expects.
U - BOOKS
UP
THE STAIRS (1994)
As
I was climbing up the stairs I met a ...mouse!
SUBJECTS (mice, pigs, dragons, horses.)
V - BOOKS
VISITING
DAY (2003) (pseudonym Nicholas Flynn)
Molly
and Rex amuse themselves by writing exciting news for their Dstance Education
teachers… but then Visiting Day comes around.
SUBJECTS (schools, outback.)
VOLUNTEERS
BEGIN AT HOME (Barrie, 2003)
Two
children are eager to help on Clean Up Australia Day. Their mum has other
ideas.
W - BOOKS
Wattle
We Do? (Barrie, 2003)
The
kids want to decorate their classroom for Wattle Day. Unfortunately their
teacher is allergic to wattle! Wattle they do?
Wedlocks
Gift
Winter wakes from a nightmare to find herself in hospital with a man who claims
to be her husband... the mystery deepens as accidents begin to happen and
friends turn suddenly hostile. Gift cannot rely on her own memory, so she must
turn to someone she has no cause to trust.
Related books: Mix and Match, Golden Lode, Triple Treat.
SUBJECTS (crime, twins, water, adoption, ships, fear and danger,
storms, illness and injury, photography, professors, islands, romance.)
WELCOME
TO THE WEIRDIE CLUB (1989)
On
holiday with cousin Alice, Julia encounters Martin. In fact, he takes up
residence in her binocular case. Aghhhh!
SUBJECTS (ghosts, grandparents, goats,
cousins, camping, fear and danger, music.)
WHAT
A DAY! (1987)
Mr
D is a mild-mannered dog who is cursed with horrible neighbours. The Walking
Dogfight takes his bones and the Mean Monstrosity threatens him. Then one day
Mr D turns the tables...
Related books: The Cat Burglar of Pethaven Drive.
SUBJECTS (cats, dogs, shows, costume.)
WHO
NEEDS A SHAIDOW? (2000)
Shadow
has lost his Person and now he needs to find another one.
SUBJECTS (dogs, fear, sport, twins, trees.)
WICKED
ROSE (1991) Copies
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Rose
is a charming child, and a faithful wife and mother. Pity she's also a
bushranger!
SUBJECTS (crime, romance, bushrangers.)
A
WILD WELCOME (2001)
Fleur
has travelled with her parents all the way from England. Surely a few more days
at sea can't be too great a challenge? But Bass Strait is a perilous sea for a
sailing ship, and it gives the family a wild welcome.
SUBJECTS (boats, water, storms.)
THE
WINDOW BOOK (1992)
Thomas
has lost his toy, Monk. Monica helps him find it again with help from Granny's
mysterious window book.
SUBJECTS (magic, toys, grandparents, lost.)
WINTERSONG
(2007)
Amara
of Flutewood hopes to be a Valourn, just as her parents are.
Related books: Amy Amaryllis, Shadowdancers, Candle Iron.
Amber
has been ill with glandular fever, and during her convalescence she fights to
save an old house from destruction.
Related books: Down River, Time Off, The
Suitcase, Another Good Friend, All the Sea Between.
SUBJECTS (old houses, grandparents, illness
and injury, gardens, flowers, time-travel.)
THE
WITCH (1987)
The
lady down the street can't be a witch - or can she?
SUBJECTS (witches, school.)
WIZ
(1994)
A
little boy does a magic act for his friends.
SUBJECTS (magic, costume, witches and wizards, school.)
WOLFMASTER
Dane
lacks the confidence to enjoy an Adventurer caving trip, but a mysterious fax
leads him into the Bronze Age and a friendship that can never die.
SUBJECTS (dogs, camping, school, caves,
time-travel fear and danger, fire, storms, water, illness and injury, wolves.)
