Most Popular Books by Margaret Clark

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.

Sara is not a happy tweenie. Sara is not happy! Her family have decided to move interstate, and as a consequence, she has a sore throat form yelling "I am NOT GOING'', ''WE are NOT MOVING''. Marking the days off until she has to move in her secret diary - the real one and not the foil that she leaves for her family to read - she confesses to a crush on the ''player'' Jack Marconi, her despair at finding out that her best friend Ellie has stolen him away and how, sometimes, eating at Burger Heaven is better for you than working out at the gym. Will she have to eventually move or will the journey for Sara commence way before ''Moving Day''?

Ruth feels that she can never be good enough for her religious family with high expectations. However, life has a way of providing the unexpected and suddenly, in a eureka moment, Ruth has the opportunity to assume a new identity. She becomes Sinamon and learns to experience life without feeling personal guilt. But meeting special people who hold very different values to her own means that she has to make a choice: to go back home or to stay with her new family. Which is the right decision for Ruth?

Friends, school, clothes... all your questions answered. A book about the importance of Friendship‘My best friend suddenly won’t talk to me and I don’t know why. Yesterday, a group of my so-called friends sniggered when I walked past. What’s wrong with me? We all need friends. Without them, life would be pretty lonely and boring. Friends come in all shapes and sizes, ages and stages. You gradually learn about friendships by having some yourself. Friends are so important. I am still best friends with Ally, my best friend since grade six. She knows everthing there is to know about me, and I know everything about her. You can’t replace a friend like that with anyone else.

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.

Who wouldn''t be excited by the endless possibilities of cyberspace! But there are dangers, too. The Evil Ones who want to rule the universe know that they can fulfill their aims by controlling all communication. Two earthlings, Megan and Ramon, have been chosen as Web Watchers: guardians of the World Wide Web. Given special powers and the names Meg Abyte and Ram Boy, they journey through cyberspace with the faithful mouse on missions to destroy the Evil Flamer, the Hackers, Dr Snarf and finally the most evil one of all, the Cracker. Web Waters is a startling new departure for one of Australia''s hottest novelists.This book moves!

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.

Will Adam ever achieve his dream of being an astronaut?

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.

Cattle dogs are extremely intelligent, love to work hard and are fiercely loyal. So when Ben, the old hermit who''s lived in the bush for years, suddenly vanishes, his blue heeler dog Sheila is very agitated, and comes to Animal Haven for help. When the Aussie Angels go back to the farm with her, there''s no one around. Can Meg and Mike help Sheila to find old Ben? They spot some new tyre tracks and one of the neighbours has seen a big black Mercedes headed for the farm. So who''s been visiting old Ben, and why has he disappeared without a trace? SHEILA THE HEELER is the seventh instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

When that little Aussie devil Mark goes to a birthday party at a nearby farm, he is delighted to find that the family has a herd of goats. He falls in love with two energetic kids and names one Butter (because he has tiny bumps on his head where the horns are growing) and the other one Cup (because she has a cup-shaped patch on her back). With Alice''s help, he smuggles his new friends into Animal Haven, much to the disgust of Carol the camel. But how is he ever going to keep their presence a secret? KIDDING AROUND is the seventeenth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Sara hates bad-luck Tuesdays! She writes a secret diary to lift the jinx. Sara Swan''s family has settled the problem of moving house (they are NOT moving!). But now her father is going through a mid-life crisis and leaves home on a Tuesday. And speaking of Tuesdays, Sara discovers that Tuesdays are bad-luck days for her in more ways than one. So when she hears a turn-your-life-around guru on TV say that you can change things if you write about misfortunes and analyse them, she decides to write a diary on Tuesdays, mainly about Tuesdays! Although she does include snippets of other important stuff that happens during the week! Great Aunt Grace (GAG) moves into town, causing problems as usual. Sara''s friends have their ups and downs, romances grow and wane, and all the bad luck still happens on Tuesdays. Finally, towards the end of the year, things begin to change for the better on Tuesdays, but... what happens on Wednesdays?

When a flock of wild ducks move into the swampy area near Animal Haven, everyone is excited. But among them is one pure white duck. The mysterious white duck seems quite out of place amongst the wild flock and Eddy the cheeky, sulphur-crested cockatoo decides that the Green family should adopt it. But Elsie the emu is feeling quite miffed and has other ideas! DUCK FOR LUCK is the fourteenth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Oscar the owl feels left out because when all the action''s on, he''s fast asleep. He plans to stay awake all day and only sleep at night, but it''ll never work. So someone has to make him feel important, fast! OWL EXPRESS is the fifteenth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

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

Everyone at Animal Haven is stunned when Alice has eight pups: four golden and four black labradors! Clearly, the father is Lex, the pedigree black lab from down the road. But before long the pups get out of control and need training - and good homes. Meg and Mike find trouble at puppy school, however, and when they try to organise homes for the pups, the Angels discover that some families and their motives are not very honest. PUPS 4 SALE is the sixteenth 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.

A fun novel from one of Australia’s best writers for children and young adults You want to ask a boy out on a date but what if he says no? Your best friend suddenly isn''t talking to you. Your clothes don''t fit. Your family just doesn''t understand you. You don''t understand yourself either. One minute you''re happy and the next you''re sobbing into your pillow. Does this sound like you, or someone you know? Then read on...

Charmwood High and Year 8 plans to turn the school play, ''Romeo and Juliet'' into a rock musical. Everything''s moving along until someone mentions Equal Opportunity. There aren''t enough roles for girls in this production. For the Narrator, Peter Nutt, Equal Opportunity means more opportunities for teachers like Poxon and girls like Ravolini to get at him. And then there''s Millie Miletic from the Holy Family of the Little Sisters by the Sea: she''s in love!

From one of Australia''s most popular writers for young adults comes the third novel in the Studleys series! To Sam the Stud, living with Leanne''s bad enough. But when his mother says she''s getting married again - to the town cop! - Sam wishes he was anywhere else. You''ve got to be careful what you wish for: you might get it. Someone''s pulling the moves, all right, and suddenly Sam''s on a joyride heading in the opposite direction fast.Forget the white dresses, the soppy words and the tissues - this wedding''s burning rubber all the way. And it''s a cack! The first two novels about the Studleys:''Hold My Hand - Or Else!'' ''Living With Leanne''

Something''s stirring Alice up, and she''s ususally such a placid dog. When the Green family follow her she leads them to an abandoned foal, and only Eddy the cocky seems to know where he comes from: a brumby herd led by the magnificent thoroughbred stallion Rise and Shine. Meg calls him Sunshine. A HORSE, OF COURSE is the eighth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

There''s trouble in school when the Angels get a new principal and a new teacher. And it seems that suddenly Greash and Foxie are the teacher''s pets. Pests, more like it. Sneaky deeds with Feral the ferret get the twins busted, but wombats are involved in the situation too, and Mike and Meg need to find out how. Whatever the answer, you can bet Greash and Foxie are up to no good. OKAY KOALA is the first book in a series loved by children all over Australia.

LLAMA DRAMA is the nineteenth book in Aussie Angels, the very popular series about the adventures of twins Meg and Mike, and their mischievous little brother Mark, and their life at Animal Haven, a temporary home for Australian wildlife.

Novel for young teenagers. Since Annie''s dad left her mother has been on the run from her crooked ex-boyfriends. Now they have settled in an isolated town on the west coast, Annie realises she will have to face her own problems. The author''s other publications include ''Care Factor Zero'' and '' The Mango Street Stories''.