Author Description

Highlights! is an innovative series of original works of fiction aimed at students aged between 10 to 15 years who find reading challenging. In the book Mandurra, it is about contentment and dissatisfaction. Sarah lives on a run-down farm called Mandurra. Her father has lost his job and the family is suffering financial harship. To Sarah's great disappointment, her parents cannot afford to send her to a school camp. One day, while exploring the attic for antiques to sell, Sarah hits her head. When she wakes up she is still at Mandurra but the year is 1910. In this time, Sarah's younger brother is jealous of her and causes trouble. His mischief leads to the barn being set alight. When Sarah tries to recues the horses, she is overcome by smoke and collapses. When she awakes, she is back in the present time, in a hospital bed. Was it all a dream?