Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire
By (Author) Nat Amoore
Penguin Random House Australia
Puffin
4th June 2019
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 197mm, Spine 17mm
204g
The hilarious story of one bag of cash, two best friends and a whole lot of trouble. Finding a million dollars in your backyard - every kid's dream, right That's what me and my best friend Toby thought too. Jumping castles at school. Lollipops for our adoring fans. Wearing sunglasses indoors ('cos that's what all the millionaires do). There's a lot you can get with a million dollars . . . including a whole lot of trouble. Bonus tips on how to be a schoolyard millionaire inside!
Nat Amoore is a Sydney-based children's author and kidlit podcast host of One More Page. Her debut novel, Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire, came out in 2019 and has had great success as both Dymocks and QBD's 'Kids Book Of The Month', becoming Australia's #1 bestselling debut Aussie children's fiction in 2019. It has now sold into the UK, US, Italy, China, Estonia and Romania. Her second book, The Power of Positive Pranking, released in 2020, was shortlisted for the 2021 Readings Children's Book Prize and REAL Children's Choice Book Awards, and won the Environment Award for Children's Literature. Rounding out Nat's trilogy about the kids of Watterson Primary, The Right Way to Rock was released in June 2021. In 2021, Nat wrote a 5-part fiction podcast series called Project ARI for Nova Entertainment and the Australian Government as part of the #StopItAtTheStart campaign. Project Ari has been nominated in two categories at the Australian Podcast Awards. Coming in 2022 is We Run Tomorrow, written by Nat and featuring graphic novel-style illustrations from Australian illustrator Mike Barry.