Bill and Matty are the best of friends. They are also neighbours which leads to exciting adventures, and, sometimes, more than a little trouble. When Bill learns that his father is coming home from jail, his world is tipped upside-down. Worries start to mount, but the ever-watchful Matty has an idea to keep Bill's dad on the straight and narrow. However, life doesn't always go according to plan...
Elizabeth Fensham is an Australian writer and school teacher. She grew up in Sydney and now lives in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges. Her first novel, Helicopter Man, won the Australian Children's Book Council's Book of the Year for Younger Readers in 2006. Miss McAllister's Ghost achieved a CBCA Notable Award in 2009. Her third novel, Goodbye Jamie Boyd, which deals with the sensitive issue of a teenager's schizophrenia, was shortlisted for the Bologna Book Fair's White Raven Award in 2009.