Saving Moonbeam: Aussie Bites
By (Author) Sherryl Clark
Penguin Random House Australia
Puffin
2nd February 2009
Australia
Children
Fiction
A823.3
Paperback
96
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 6mm
126g
Gemma comes across a neglected, starving horse and is determined to help it, even though its owner objects. She feeds it secretly, and calls it Moonbeam. When the local council takes matters into its own hands and there is a danger that the horse will be put down, Gemma kidnaps it to keep it safe.
Sherryl Clark's first children's book was The Too-Tight Tutu which was published in the Aussie Bites series in 1997. Since then she has published almost 30 children's books, including Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!) and Motormouth. Sherryl is also the author of the Rose books in the Our Australian Girl series. She has had two collections of poetry for adults published by Pariah Press - Edge (1990) and Thicker Than Water (1999), and is a co-editor of Poetrix magazine. Sherryl teaches fiction and poetry writing in the Diploma of Arts - Professional Writing and Editing at Victoria University and Holmesglen TAFE.