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  • Published: 4 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9781761048920
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $12.99

Willa and Woof 5: Let the Games Begin





Adventure, imagination and loads of fun!

It’s oldies versus kids when Sunset Views Retirement Village hosts its very first Tournament of the Ages!

Willa’s helping plan the event, but one of the older kids on the committee doesn’t want her there. Plus, she needs to find time to train for her first ever proper gymnastics competition!

She’ll need the help of Tae, her best same-age friend, to stand up to her bully; Frank, her best old-age friend, to practise her vault routine; and Woof, her best four-legged friend, for moral support.

Can Willa juggle it all?

  • Published: 4 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9781761048920
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $12.99

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About the author

Jacqueline Harvey

Jacqueline Harvey worked in schools for many years but has had a passion for storytelling since she was a child.


She is the author of the popular Alice-Miranda, Clementine Rose, Kensy and Max and Willa and Woof series, which have sold almost two million copies in Australia alone. In 2022, she released a picture book, That Cat, illustrated by one of her former students, Kate Isobel Scott. The pair has since gone on to publish The Daring Tale of Gloria the Great and the Kevin the Sheep series. Jacqueline's books have received numerous shortlistings and awards while her picture book, The Sound of the Sea, was a CBCA Honour Book.


Jacqueline speaks to thousands of young people at schools and festivals around the world and says the characters in her books are often made up of the best bits of children she’s met over the years. While she is not a twin, like Kensy and Max she does have excellent powers of observation and has always thought she’d make a great spy.


She has narrated over thirty audio books.


Jacqueline lives between Sydney, Australia, and Queenstown, New Zealand. The first book in her new middle grade series, The Girl and the Ghost, launches in 2025.

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Praise for Willa and Woof 5: Let the Games Begin

“For all those fans of Jacqueline Harvey's Alice-Miranda, Clementine-Rose and Kensy and Max, the Willa and Woof series is just as captivating and Willa and Woof: Camp Chaos is a delightful addition. Recommended for all home and school libraries.”

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