Book description
Sometimes bad luck is more than coincidence ... Pen O'Connell is,
without a doubt, the unluckiest girl at Callindra Secondary College. Her
dream date's just fallen through, her dog has literally eaten her
homework, and don't even mention the incident at school camp. But when
Pen meets Sebastian Meyer, teenage genius and genetics expert, she
begins to wonder if everything that happens to her really is just bad
luck. Could the bizarre theory that's turned every teacher in the school
against Sebastian explain why Pen is more likely to get a head injury
than a hot date? Why does Pen's name strike terror into the heart of pop
princess Sereena? And just how far will Pen go to get what she deserves?
Nansi Kunze grew up surrounded by books in Australia and the UK, but
strangely never had a childhood ambition to become a writer. After
studying European languages and ancient history at university she spent
several years doing extremely important jobs, such as teaching
overseas-trained doctors how to pronounce rude words, helping senior
citizens email photos of their grandchildren and showing high school
students how to mummify each other. One delusional day in 2000, the idea
that she might be able to write a book for adults popped into Nansi's
head. It was only after producing a lot of grown-up rubbish and winning
two FAW Mary Grant Bruce Awards with her first attempts at Young Adult
fiction that she realised her mistake. Since her first YA novel Mishaps
was published in 2008, she has been able to lead the awesome life of a
full-time writer (which, it turns out, is even more fun than teaching
people rude words). Her hobbies include reading manga, growing unusual
vegetables and dressing like she's off to a costume party. She lives on
a small farm overlooking the Victorian Alps with her husband and son and
their cat, Schrödinger.
