Author(s): Melanie Drewery (illus Jenny Cooper)

Fiction - junior

This is a thriller - or maybe it's a horror story. It could be a mystery or a romance. There are even some really good nature bits. And so starts Maddie's story of how she loved her tadpole and watched it turn into a frog, only to have her Isabella Princess Big Eyes 'stolen'. First published 2007. SHORTLISTED JUNIOR FICTION CATEGORY NZ POST BOOK AWARDS 2008