Book description
Take an everyday girl - short, with freckles, mud-puddle eyes and the
kind of mind Sherlock Holmes would kill for - and you have the heroine
of another light-hearted whodunit for Independent Readers. Laura's
adventurous grandmother sends her a birthday charm to add to her silver
bracelet, just as she does each year. This time it's a golden cat and
it's gorgeous! But at her birthday sleepover someone steals it. Does the
thief belong to the Populars or the Fringes  the two competing girl
groups at the party?Luckily, Laura's mother is a private investigatorand
takes time out from tracking down the One-Eyed One-Armed bandit to help
her with ideas. Margaret Clark is one of Australia's most popular
writers for young people. She has worked as a teacher and university
lecturer and at the Geelong Centre for Alcohol and Drug Dependency. Her
novels for older readers include THE BIG CHOCOLATE BAR, FAT CHANCE, HOT
OR WHAT, KISS AND MAKE UP, FAMOUS FOR FIVE MINUTES and a trilogy about
the Studley family: HOLD MY HAND OR ELSE!, LIVING WITH LEANNE and
PULLING THE MOVES. BACK ON TRACK: DIARY OF A STREET KID, NO STANDING
ZONE, CARE FACTOR ZERO, and BAD GIRL, four searing novels for young
adults, have become bestsellers. Most recently her SECRET GIRLSÂ STUFF,
MORE SECRET GIRLSÂ STUFF, and WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE SUCKS have been hits
with her many fans. Her most recent titles FRIENDS FOREVER: A SECRET
DIARY BY SARA SWAN (November 2005), SECRET FRIENDS' STUFF (2006) and
TROUBLE ON TUESDAYS are current bestsellers. Margaret is a Doctor of
Education and travels broadly speaking about her writing. Her books are
published in 16 countries.
