The Secrets of Magnolia Moon : Honour Book for the 2020 CBCA Awards Book of the Year for Younger Readers

The Secrets of Magnolia Moon : Honour Book for the 2020 CBCA Awards Book of the Year for Younger Readers
ISBN: 9781760651541
Publication Date: 21 October 2019

Honour Book for the 2020 CBCA Awards Book of the Year for Younger Readers.

CBCA award-winning picture book author Edwina Wyatt makes her fiction debut with a whimsical tale of a curious little girl who shares more than just her surname with the moon: They're both excellent secret keepers.

Magnolia Moon is nine years old, likes Greek mythology, her best friend Imogen May (who understands the importance of questions like, "If you could be one fruit, any fruit, what would you be?"), wishing trees, and speaking crows. She knows instinctively that buffadillos are armadillos crossed with buffalos and believes there are walramingos living in her garden. She's also the kind of person who can be entrusted with a great many secrets.

Each chapter in this novel, which captures Magnolia's year of being nine and ends on Chapter Almost 10, reveals a secret that Magnolia is keeping. But the novel also chronicles a year of change for Magnolia. From her best friend moving to the birth of her little brother Finnegan, Magnolia navigates every challenge and secret that comes her way with the kind of authenticity and innocence that comes from being nine years wise.

About the Author

Edwina Wyatt is an Australian children's author. She worked as a lawyer and a high school teacher before becoming a writer of books for young readers. She has been twice long listed by the Children's Book Council of Australia for the Book of the Year Awards and is published internationally.