Olive of Groves  : Olive of Groves - Katrina Nannestad

Olive of Groves

By: Katrina Nannestad, Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)

Paperback | 5 July 2023

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Shortlisted for the 2016 Indie Book Awards

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. The headmistress is completely befuddled and Pig McKenzie, school bully, is determined to make Olive's life unbearable.

Olive, clever and kind, soon gains the loyalty 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?

Multi-award-winning author Katrina Nannestad charms with a series that will keep you giggling, gasping and sighing with delight.

About the Author

Katrina Nannestad is a multi-award-winning Australian author. Her books include the CBCA-shortlisted We Are Wolves, The Girl Who Brought Mischief, the Travelling Bookshop series, the Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the of Groves series, the Red Dirt Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series, and the historical novels Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief and Waiting for the Storks.

Katrina grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent raising boys, teaching, daydreaming and pursuing her love of stories. Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing. She also loves creating stories that bring joy or hope to other people's lives.

Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria with her husband, a silly whippet called Olive and a mob of kangaroos.

About the Illustrator

Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany, and moved to Queensland in 2007. Since then she has become a much-loved, award-winning Australian illustrator. Her books include The Boy and the Toy, Come Down, Cat! and The Wild One (with Sonya Hartnett), The Hole (with Kerry Brown), The Nose Pixies and My Real Friend (with David Hunt), and the Olive of Groves trilogy (with Katrina Nannestad).
Industry Reviews
'Exciting, imaginative, charming and very, very funny' - Judith Rossell, award-winning author of Withering-by-Sea

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