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Fortune Teller
Bodie Small has moved in next door to Mark, and with her strange powers she is able to tell that he has a secret problem. But when the class goes on camp, Mark must face up to his problem with Bodie's help; and Bodie senses that she is going to be in desperate need of his help too. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
95 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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Fleur Beale
47 books150 followersFleur Beale is the author of many award-winning books for children and young adults, best known for her novel I am not Esther which has been published worldwide.
Beale was one of six children of a dairy farmer Cedric Corney and of a teacher and author Estelle Corney (née Cook). She was born in Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand, on the farm where her father was born. Beale grew up in the town before attending Victoria University, Wellington and Christchurch Teachers' Training College, where she met her husband. Since 1985 she has taught at Melville High School in Hamilton, Waikato and in Wellington. Beale's first stories were written for the children's radio programme Grandpa's Place. Her first book was a small reader and picture book for young children and she started to write for teenagers in 1993. Her stories often involve troubled adolescents engaged in outdoor activities.
Beale was a finalist in the Aim Children's Book Awards (junior fiction) and her 1998 novel I am not Esther was shortlisted for the senior fiction section of the 1999 New Zealand Post Children's Awards. In 1999 she was awarded the Children's Writing Fellowship at Dunedin College of Education and quit teaching to write full time. Her 2001 novel Ambushed was a finalist for the Junior Fiction section of the 2002 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. Her 2004 account of how an indigenous girl discovers how her education can save her tribal lands (My Story A New Song in the Land. The Writings of Atapo, Pahia, c.1840) received a Notable Book award in 2005 as did Walking Lightly.
Beale was one of six children of a dairy farmer Cedric Corney and of a teacher and author Estelle Corney (née Cook). She was born in Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand, on the farm where her father was born. Beale grew up in the town before attending Victoria University, Wellington and Christchurch Teachers' Training College, where she met her husband. Since 1985 she has taught at Melville High School in Hamilton, Waikato and in Wellington. Beale's first stories were written for the children's radio programme Grandpa's Place. Her first book was a small reader and picture book for young children and she started to write for teenagers in 1993. Her stories often involve troubled adolescents engaged in outdoor activities.
Beale was a finalist in the Aim Children's Book Awards (junior fiction) and her 1998 novel I am not Esther was shortlisted for the senior fiction section of the 1999 New Zealand Post Children's Awards. In 1999 she was awarded the Children's Writing Fellowship at Dunedin College of Education and quit teaching to write full time. Her 2001 novel Ambushed was a finalist for the Junior Fiction section of the 2002 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. Her 2004 account of how an indigenous girl discovers how her education can save her tribal lands (My Story A New Song in the Land. The Writings of Atapo, Pahia, c.1840) received a Notable Book award in 2005 as did Walking Lightly.
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April 16, 2016
Mark doesn't want to go to school camp. And he's desperate that no one find out why.
His 'secret sorrow', as Bodie - the girl who moves onto the next property, puts it is that he suffers from agonising homesickness. It's so bad it causes him to feel like he's suffocating; he can't sleep - just try to endure through it. So he's been clowning around at school, making sure no one wants him to go. Or to guess that he has such a wimpish issue he can't overcome.
Bodie is a new girl at the school. She's a bit psychic and relies heavily on tarot cards. But she always seems to get critical factors wrong in what she 'sees'. Her parents have taken the cards from her after she starts upsetting too many people - but she steals them back.
Bodie's idea of heading into a new school is rocking up and telling people she's a witch. Truth is important to her and she doesn't want to be a hypocrite and wear a mask, hiding who she truly is. As far as Mark is concerned, this plan is doomed to see her friendless and bullied from day one.
Despite his reluctance to help, he's drawn into Bodie's schemes.
His 'secret sorrow', as Bodie - the girl who moves onto the next property, puts it is that he suffers from agonising homesickness. It's so bad it causes him to feel like he's suffocating; he can't sleep - just try to endure through it. So he's been clowning around at school, making sure no one wants him to go. Or to guess that he has such a wimpish issue he can't overcome.
Bodie is a new girl at the school. She's a bit psychic and relies heavily on tarot cards. But she always seems to get critical factors wrong in what she 'sees'. Her parents have taken the cards from her after she starts upsetting too many people - but she steals them back.
Bodie's idea of heading into a new school is rocking up and telling people she's a witch. Truth is important to her and she doesn't want to be a hypocrite and wear a mask, hiding who she truly is. As far as Mark is concerned, this plan is doomed to see her friendless and bullied from day one.
Despite his reluctance to help, he's drawn into Bodie's schemes.
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