Double Dare You

t’s a new school year, and everything is perfect. Ella has a new uniform, glittery stationery and can’t wait to meet her new teacher. Until class starts, that is — and EVERYTHING goes wrong.

She can’t believe she has to sit next to her absolutely WORST ENEMY EVER, Peach Parker! No matter how far she moves her pencil case across the desk, Peach is in her SPACE. Where’s her BFF Zoe? Can this year get ANY WORSE?

Tune into the secret thoughts of Ella as she battles the school bully and turns a lunch time curse into a lunch time craze!

About the Author

Meredith Costain lives in Melbourne with her partner, fellow children's author Paul Collins, six chooks, a cat, a kelpie and a red heeler. Her work ranges from picture books through to popular fiction and non-fiction for older readers. She is the literary editor of national children's magazines, Comet, Explore and Challenge.

Meredith has won several awards for her writing, including the Mary Grant Bruce Story Award and the Aurealis Convenor's Award. Her picture book Doodledum Dancing, illustrated by Pamela Allen, was an Honour Book in the Early Childhood section of the 2007 CBC Book of the Year awards.

Her most recent picture book with Penguin is Bed Tails, published in 2009 and illustrated by Mitch Vane.

Meredith regularly presents writing workshops for kids and adults in libraries and schools.