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Penny Pollard #6
Penny Pollard's Scrapbook
It's not that she likes praying, but what else can Penny Pollard do when Mum announces that they are selling the house? Suddenly, the thought of no longer going to Kooringa Primary doesn't seem so appealing.
Inspired by a school project on saints, Penny decides to leave it all in the hands of 'trouble-shooter' Saint Jude - after all, he's apparently quite good, and not just with ordinary problems, but with impossible ones.
Inspired by a school project on saints, Penny decides to leave it all in the hands of 'trouble-shooter' Saint Jude - after all, he's apparently quite good, and not just with ordinary problems, but with impossible ones.
- GenresChildrensYoung Adult
120 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Robin Klein
85 books76 followersWinner of the Dromkeen Medal (1991).
Robin Klein was born 28 February 1936 in Kempsey, New South Wales into a family of nine children. Leaving school at age 15, Klein worked several jobs before becoming established as a writer, having her first story published at age 16. She would go on to write more than 40 books, including Hating Alison Ashley (adapted into a feature film starring Delta Goodrem in 2005), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (adapted into a television series for the Seven Network in 1992), and Came Back to Show You I Could Fly (adapted into a film directed by Richard Lowenstein in 1993).
Klein’s books are hugely celebrated, having won the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award in both the Younger Readers and the Older Readers categories, as well as a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989 for Came Back to Show You I Could Fly. Klein is widely considered one of Australia’s most prolific and beloved YA authors.
Robin Klein was born 28 February 1936 in Kempsey, New South Wales into a family of nine children. Leaving school at age 15, Klein worked several jobs before becoming established as a writer, having her first story published at age 16. She would go on to write more than 40 books, including Hating Alison Ashley (adapted into a feature film starring Delta Goodrem in 2005), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (adapted into a television series for the Seven Network in 1992), and Came Back to Show You I Could Fly (adapted into a film directed by Richard Lowenstein in 1993).
Klein’s books are hugely celebrated, having won the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award in both the Younger Readers and the Older Readers categories, as well as a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989 for Came Back to Show You I Could Fly. Klein is widely considered one of Australia’s most prolific and beloved YA authors.
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October 23, 2019
I like it. it's great.
May 15, 2012
Turns out the reason I never read this and didn't know it existed was because it was written in 1999! Aha! And I love the way Penny was updated just a little bit to bring her into the electronic age, but at the same time she's still exactly the same 10-year-old girl from the 1980s. And Bill's just a baby, and Mrs. Bettany is still alive and kicking. Simone's still fussing with barbies and making Penny come to her ballet concerts, Annette Smurton is still a bitch, Jason Taylor is still all the annoying primary school boys rolled into one... ahhh, memories :D
So clearly the words "Penny" and "Pollard" together equal instant five stars. But this is ALSO great fun and worthy of the rating on its own. Brilliant if you grew up on Penny Pollard and, like me, missed out on this one when it appeared! It's terrific fun to revisit.
The scrapbook in question is Penny's project for the school fete, where she's listing idea after idea but not really doing much actual work until she finally settles onto the topic of... saints. (Even though she goes for the Bombers.) The book is also liberally sprinkled with notes from mum and dad, and emails between Penny and her classmates, reminders from teachers, letters to and from Mrs. Bettany, etc. And of course pages of fabulous illustrations :D
So clearly the words "Penny" and "Pollard" together equal instant five stars. But this is ALSO great fun and worthy of the rating on its own. Brilliant if you grew up on Penny Pollard and, like me, missed out on this one when it appeared! It's terrific fun to revisit.
The scrapbook in question is Penny's project for the school fete, where she's listing idea after idea but not really doing much actual work until she finally settles onto the topic of... saints. (Even though she goes for the Bombers.) The book is also liberally sprinkled with notes from mum and dad, and emails between Penny and her classmates, reminders from teachers, letters to and from Mrs. Bettany, etc. And of course pages of fabulous illustrations :D
February 2, 2015
In this book Penny is undertaking a school assignment about saints and in doing so is inspired to appeal to St Jude (patron saint of lost causes) to stop her family from moving.
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