Olive of Groves : Olive of Groves - Katrina Nannestad

Olive of Groves

By: Katrina Nannestad, Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)

Paperback | 23 October 2017

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Shortlisted for the 2016 Indie Awards, this bookseller favourite is now in paperback!

Olive has always dreamed of attending boarding school, but Mrs Groves' Boarding School for Naughty Boys, Talking Animals and Circus Performers is not what she expected. To tell the truth, dear reader, it is not what anyone expected!

The headmistress is completely bonkers and Pig McKenzie, school bully and all-round nasty swine, is determined to make Olive's life unbearable.

Olive, however, is clever, sweet and kind, and soon gains the loyalty and devotion of three rats, a short-sighted moose, a compulsive liar and a goose who faints at the sight of cherries.

But will friendship and wits be enough when Pig McKenzie puts his Truly Wicked Plan into gear? Or will Olive be cast out of Groves forever?

About the Author

Katrina Nannestad is the award-winning Australian author of The Girl Who Brought Mischief, Olive of Groves, Bungaloo Creek and Red Dirt Diaries. She grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent teaching, raising boys, perfecting her recipe for chocolate-chip bickies and pursuing her love of stories. Katrina now lives near Bendigo with her family and an exuberant black whippet called Olive.

Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany, among smells of saltiness and rosemary. In 2006 she moved to Queensland and since then has become a much-loved, award-winning Australian illustrator. Her books include The Boy and the Toy, Come Down, Cat and The Wild One (all with Sonya Hartnett) and Olive of Groves (with Katrina Nannestad).

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