Penguin Books Australia

A hilarious and thought-provoking novel by the award-winning author of Bye, Beautiful and The Push, Julia Lawrinson.

A hilarious and thought-provoking novel by the award-winning author of Bye, Beautiful and The Push, Julia Lawrinson.

A lighthearted novel for children about the game of chess.

Jackson is sporty and popular.

Anna doesn't like the sporty, popular people.

So when Jackson joins the chess squad, Anna does not initially welcome him. But Anna is about to learn some things about friendship, chess and physical fitness.

She thought of Billy, and how he would never say 'Bye, beautiful' to someone like her, that likely no one would ever say anything like that to her in her life, and how she could not do anything to change any of it.

Sandy does not know if she would fit in anywhere, but she feels like a complete outsider in this hot wheatbelt town where her policeman father has just been transferred.

And then she meets...

Sophie Callender wants to be famous so badly! When she is chosen for the hit TV game-show, MegaMatch , it looks as if her dream may come true.

But is being famous as good as it seems?