Most Popular Books by Margaret Clark

Larceny Leyton is a wild child - tough, smart, willful and proud. Like so many others, she wears her attitude like armour.'Trust' isn't a word in Larceny's dictionary. It means opening up and taking the risk that you'll be hurt. Truth and dare.Nobody gets close enough to earn her trust. Larceny makes sure of that. Yet deep down, she's afraid of the voices that bring with them a wild consuming rage, a killing rage that drove her to the streets in the first place. She's afraid of being betrayed by the only person she's been able to trust - herself.

PENGUIN PARADE is the twenty-first instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Mum is out on the surfboard and narrowly misses being attacked by a shark - or maybe it was just a false alarm. When Alice the labrador falls off the rocks and nearly becomes shark bait though, Meg and Mike, the Aussie Angels, aren't so sure! Meg is terrified, but some visiting scientists give her the chance to face her fears. SHARK IN THE DARK is the eighteenth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Night Works is the story of fifteen year old Sophie, and her friends Mel and Kate. Told through Sophie's diary entries, the story highlights the girls' problems, families, boyfriends and everyday school lives. The power of friendship helps them face the world knowing they're not alone. In the tradition of Back on Track: Diary of a Street Kid and Margaret Clark's other novels for older readers, Night Works is essential reading for fourteen years plus readers everywhere.

Well, it looks like everything?s going wrong for the Angels! There?s a new principal at Boyer, who runs the place more like an army than a school; their favourite teacher Ms Lee is on leave and her replacement, Ms Trimbold, obviously doesn?t like them. Suddenly Meg and Mike are constantly in trouble. There's no more mobile phones at school, no more time off to help with animal rescues and worst of all they are suspended when Foxie accuses Mike of bringing Feral the ferret to school. It?s Foxie?s ferret, of course, but somehow he and Greash have persuaded the new teacher that the Greens are the real school troublemakers! When a baby wombat is dumped in the Greens? driveway, the Angels are sure Greash and Foxie are behind it. There are no wombats in the Otways, so someone must have brought this baby here deliberately. Boris, the reformed former leader of the School Rulers gang, decides to go undercover. He pretends to be in with Foxie and Greash so the Angels can find out what?s going on. When they discover a secret camp in the mountain, they dig up a scam that goes all the way to the top of the new school administration! OPERATION WOMBAT is the ninth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Sam Studley's a bit older and wiser than when you met him in 'Hold My Hand - Or Else!' but it's a pity he can't say the same for his fifteen year old sister Leanne.No one seems to know where she is. Some kids are saying she's got AIDS and some are saying she's been abducted. Some are saying she's on the run to Kings Cross, some are saying she's a speed freak and gone into a drug rehab centre, and some that she's hiding out at home with chickenpox.But if living with Leanne sounds full on, you should hear about living without her!

When Meg and Mike help their father to rescue a fur seal in trouble, little do they know that their little brother Mark will fall in love with her and want to keep her in their backyard swimming pool. Everyone but Mark can see it's an idea that will never work. But other dramas are happening for the Aussie Angels and it isn't until the seal escapes that the Green family find out that humans and fur seals can be loyal and loving friends. SEAL WITH A KISS is the third instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Three major stress factors... a marriage break-up, moving house, loss of income for the family, and a new school. Link James and his sister Claire get the lot! How does a boy from the wealthy side of town cope with the tough guys at Westlands? How does the bad boy tag his father gave him influence his life? The constant moving threads of Link's life up their tempo as he becomes a victim of his own perceptions and actions.

The Aussie Angels are back and their mission is clear: return an endangered dunnart to its colony and natural habitat. But when the Angels set out to return the critter, everything turns to disaster ? mysterious bike tracks lead to an old hut and old enemies have their way. With no dial tone on the mobile, and Carol the Camel in strife, how will the Mike and Meg ever get themselves out of danger? MOUSE PAD is the twelfth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

A fun novel from one of Australia’s best writers for children and young adults. When Lisa Trelaw breaks up with her long-term boyfriend Mike, she realises that she made a big mistake giving up modelling to come home. Meanwhile, Mandy Miratoosi enters a supermodel contest for larger-sized girls and gets to the finals. Lisa and Mandy hook up on a plane to Sydney and find they have lots in common, including meeting two gorgeous guys that they just might want to hook up with permanently!

Lisa Trelaw has a big decision to make. She doesn’t know if she's won Teen Model of the Year or not, so should she go to Sydney and continue her modeling career? Her decision is made easier when her boyfriend Mike is offered modeling work in Sydney. But what will happen when Mike meets all those gorgeous Bondi Beach babes? Lisa finds that life has lots of ups and downs. For a while it looks like she and Mike are all washed up when modeling and love don't mix. Fame has its price and maybe it's too high.

The Aussie Angels - Meg and Mike - are busy again. This time, as well as rescuing an echidna that's been hit by a bike rider and a kangaroo that's been knocked down by a car, they have to save a koala that insists on clinging to a TV antenna. Boris Boola is in big trouble, Elsie the emu has a fight with the clothesline and of course, that little Aussie devil Mark is running around with a video camera and being no help at all! Then the whales are in danger of stranding themselves on the beach and saving them is the hardest job the Angels have ever tackled - until unexpected help comes their way. WHALE OF A TIME is the second instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

No fat chicks? When Mansy Miratoosi sees that bumper sticker on her brother Mark's car, she's ready to pluck his cocksure tail feathers once and for all.Mandy is a big girl and Mark's mates need to know that lean is not always dream material. Featherweights and bantamweights beware. Mandy is out to prove that big chicks can be winners! If you like Famous For Five Minutes and Fat Chance, you're going to love this one!

In this new adventure, Meg and Mike learn about the plight of thirty-three species of native Victorian frogs and Mark wants to keep a pet frog to help save Australia's frogs from extinction. Boris is shocked by the death of his parents in a car crash and has to deal with some very complicated feelings about them. LEAP FROG is the twentieth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Carol the camel is tired of the animals and humans at Animal Haven teasing her about her yellow teeth and bad breath. So when she finds out that the dental caravan is visiting the local school, she takes off on a safari in search of clean teeth. But on the way she discovers a rare native orchid. CAMEL BREATH is the thirteenth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Magical, mythical dragons engaged in great acts of derring-do--from flying around the globe to visiting fourth-grade classroom--will keep young readers and listeners enthralled. Includes 15 fantastic stories.

What's a sensitive guy with an artistic bent doing at gladiator school? Fainting mostly. Snag must find a way to keep conscious so he can win over the other gladiators. Will he be able to devise a plan to end the bloodshed once and for all? Grades 2-4

Animal Haven is a temporary home for all sorts of Australian wildlife, although there are a few permanent residents as well, like Oscar the owl, Fur Bag the possum, Cinnamon the koala and Alice the labrador. Meg and Mike live there, too, and they work so hard to help their parents rescue and look after the animals that the locals at Jeff's Creek have nicknamed them the Aussie Angels. Trying to get some attention from the Aussie Angels, Mike and Meg, can be a tough job, even when you're the top dog at Animal Haven. Alice the labrador is surrounded by orphaned wallabies and possums, and then there's that camel and emu and there are all the other residents and visitors! But Alice is determined to carve out her own career. She can smell trouble in the air, and her motto is always "Have nose, will travel". But Alice's travels lead her into some frightening adventures. DOG ON THE JOB is the eleventh instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Paperback edition of a children's picture book first published 2002. When Alice, Andy and Angie coerce Dad into getting a dog, their trip to the Lost Dogs Home provides them with a very unusual pet! He is boisterous, clumsy, big and smelly with Chihuahua ears, a Boxer nose and a Poodle's coat. So what will they name him? Prolific children's author has also written the Egg picture book series and the Aussie Angels adventure series.

Animal haven is a temporary home for all sorts of Australian wildlife. Meg and Mike live there too, and they work so hard to help their parents rescue and look after the animals that the locals at Jeff's Creek have named them the Aussie Angels. But koalas are in trouble, they need rescuing and the Aussie Angels are just the ones for the job!

Egg decides that he wants to enter and win a race. He realises however that all races are not easy to win, and a little help goes a long way. Humorous word play. 4 yrs+

A cockatoo is brought into Animal Haven. The cocky can talk so the Aussie Angels want to find it's owner.

Eleventh novel for primary school-age readers in the Aussie Angels series. Alice the labrador feels deprived of attention from the Aussie Angels, Mike and Meg. When she hears that the Angels have seen abalone poachers in the area, she heads off in search of them, but finds herself getting more than she'd bargained for. Author's previous titles include 'Fat Chance' and the Mango Street series.

Egg is watching TV and is shocked to be reminded that it's Mothers Day and he doesn't know where his mum is. 4 yrs+

Volume 15 in the Aussie Angels series for primary school-age readers. Oscar the owl feels left out because when all the action is on he is fast asleep. So he plans to stay awake all day and sleep at night. Someone in the sanctuary has to talk him out of this, but who? Author has previously written the Mango Street series and Egg series.