Book description
Lizzie doesnà  t mean to do the wrong thing . . . sheà  s just
misunderstood. Lizzie has a history of misunderstandings, but the latest
one is bad enough to get her expelled from Our Lady of the Sacred Wimple
College. So now sheà  s going to be homeschooled. Thatà  s right à Â-
from now on her mum will be her teacher. No friends, no playground,
nothing but homework. What will Lizzie have to do to prove that sheà  s
mature enough to be allowed back to Sacred Wimple? Sheà  s prepared to
give almost anything a go, but will it end up the same way it usually
does à Â- with her being misunderstood all over again? Miss Understood
is a warm, funny and moving story by award-winning author James Roy.
James Roy was born in western New South Wales in 1968 and spent much of
his childhood in Papua New Guinea and Fiji, adventuring by day and
reading books at night. Then one day, tired of reading books by dead
people, he decided to start writing his own. Since his first novel was
released in 1996, James has written a number of critically acclaimed
works of fiction and non-fiction for young people, including the CBCA
Honour Books Captain Mack and Billy Mack's War, and six CBCA Notable
Books. In 2008, Town also won the Ethel Turner Prize for Young Peopleà Â
s Literature in the NSW Premierà  s Literary Awards, as well as the
Golden Inky in Australiaà  s only teenage choice awards. Anonymity
Jones was a winner in the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.
James lives with his family in the Blue Mountains. He enjoys trying to
make music and art, doesnà  t like olives very much, and hasnà  t
entirely abandoned his dream of sailing around the world.
