Most Popular Books by Margaret Clark

After the enormous success of Secret Girls'' Stuff comes this fabulous sequel from one of Australia''s most recognised and read writers for young people. Since the publication of Secret Girls'' Stuff, the number of letters, emails and faxes Margaret receives have quadrupled. All of Margaret''s books have encouraged or inspired readers to contact her, however, Secret Girls'' Stuff pushed this reader/writer relationship to new heights. Margaret is friend, counsellor, listener, mentor - to so many young readers.With a pile of correspondence reaching her ceiling, Margaret thought it was time to produce the follow-up to the original title that had reached so many. In More Secret Girls'' Stuff there are more pleas for help, more embarrassing stories, more confessions, more problems, and more shared thoughts, fears and dreams than ever before.

Animal Haven is a temporary home for all sorts of Australian wildlife, although there are a few permanent residents as well, like Oscar the owl, Fur Bag the possum, Cinnamon the koala and Alice the labrador. Meg and Mike live there, too, and they work so hard to help their parents rescue and look after the animals that the locals at Jeff''s Creek have nicknamed them the Aussie Angels. Trying to get some attention from the Aussie Angels, Mike and Meg, can be a tough job, even when you''re the top dog at Animal Haven. Alice the labrador is surrounded by orphaned wallabies and possums, and then there''s that camel and emu and there are all the other residents and visitors! But Alice is determined to carve out her own career. She can smell trouble in the air, and her motto is always "Have nose, will travel". But Alice''s travels lead her into some frightening adventures. DOG ON THE JOB is the eleventh instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

When a flock of wild ducks move into the swampy area near Animal Haven, everyone is excited. But among them is one pure white duck. The mysterious white duck seems quite out of place amongst the wild flock and Eddy the cheeky, sulphur-crested cockatoo decides that the Green family should adopt it. But Elsie the emu is feeling quite miffed and has other ideas! DUCK FOR LUCK is the fourteenth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

When that little Aussie devil Mark goes to a birthday party at a nearby farm, he is delighted to find that the family has a herd of goats. He falls in love with two energetic kids and names one Butter (because he has tiny bumps on his head where the horns are growing) and the other one Cup (because she has a cup-shaped patch on her back). With Alice''s help, he smuggles his new friends into Animal Haven, much to the disgust of Carol the camel. But how is he ever going to keep their presence a secret? KIDDING AROUND is the seventeenth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

No fat chicks? When Mansy Miratoosi sees that bumper sticker on her brother Mark''s car, she''s ready to pluck his cocksure tail feathers once and for all.Mandy is a big girl and Mark''s mates need to know that lean is not always dream material. Featherweights and bantamweights beware. Mandy is out to prove that big chicks can be winners! If you like Famous For Five Minutes and Fat Chance, you''re going to love this one!

There are lots of brushtail possums at Animal Haven and Fur Bag is the resident mischief maker. But when Ringlet the female ringtail possum is rescued, she needs special care and attention, and Meg and Mike, the Aussie Angels, make sure she gets it. Then another ringtail is rescued from a flooded river and nearly causes a terrible disaster, but Boris Boola - who''d secretly like to be one of the Angels if only he could - and Carol the Camel, save the day. HELLO, POSSUM! is the fourth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Larceny Leyton is a wild child - tough, smart, willful and proud. Like so many others, she wears her attitude like armour.''Trust'' isn''t a word in Larceny''s dictionary. It means opening up and taking the risk that you''ll be hurt. Truth and dare.Nobody gets close enough to earn her trust. Larceny makes sure of that. Yet deep down, she''s afraid of the voices that bring with them a wild consuming rage, a killing rage that drove her to the streets in the first place. She''s afraid of being betrayed by the only person she''s been able to trust - herself.

Sam Studley''s a bit older and wiser than when you met him in ''Hold My Hand - Or Else!'' but it''s a pity he can''t say the same for his fifteen year old sister Leanne.No one seems to know where she is. Some kids are saying she''s got AIDS and some are saying she''s been abducted. Some are saying she''s on the run to Kings Cross, some are saying she''s a speed freak and gone into a drug rehab centre, and some that she''s hiding out at home with chickenpox.But if living with Leanne sounds full on, you should hear about living without her!

When the Razors wreck the Top Boys'' headquarters, that''s it. The Top Boys are going to get them - they''re going to make the Razors eat dirt. Is Dixie the answer?

Oscar the owl feels left out because when all the action''s on, he''s fast asleep. He plans to stay awake all day and only sleep at night, but it''ll never work. So someone has to make him feel important, fast! OWL EXPRESS is the fifteenth instalment in a series loved by children all over Australia.

Collection of eight stories from the Mango Street series for young readers. Stories include ''Butterfingers'', ''Weird Warren'', ''Britt the Boss'', ''Wally the Whiz Kid'', ''Wacky Mac'', ''Copycat'', Millie the Moaner'' and ''Bold as Brass''. Includes characters such as Stacey the wrecker, Horace Morris and his wacky new girlfriend, and Millie Minor. Includes illustrations. Author''s previous titles include ''Pugwall'' and the Chickabees series.

Three major stress factors... a marriage break-up, moving house, loss of income for the family, and a new school. Link James and his sister Claire get the lot! How does a boy from the wealthy side of town cope with the tough guys at Westlands? How does the bad boy tag his father gave him influence his life? The constant moving threads of Link''s life up their tempo as he becomes a victim of his own perceptions and actions.

Fractured history. Broken lives. Splintered souls. Since the alternate universe was first glimpsed in the classic episode "Mirror, Mirror," something about Star Trek''s dark side has beckoned us, called to us, tempted us -- like forbidden fruit on the Tree of Knowledge. To taste it is to lose oneself in a world of startling familiarity and terrifying contradictions, where everything and everyone we knew is somehow disturbingly different, and where shocking secrets await their revelation. What began in 2007 with Glass Empires and Obsidian Alliances -- the first truly in-depth foray into the turbulent history of this other continuum -- now continues in twelve new short tales that revisit and expand upon that so-called "Mirror Universe," spanning all five of the core incarnations of Star Trek, as well as their literary offshoots, across more than two hundred years of divergent history, as chronicled by... Christopher L. Bennett - Margaret Wander Bonanno - Peter David - Keith R.A. DeCandido - Michael Jan Friedman - Jim Johnson - Rudy Josephs - David Mack - Dave Stern - James Swallow - Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore - Susan Wright

Friends, school, clothes... all your questions answered. A book about the importance of Friendship‘My best friend suddenly won’t talk to me and I don’t know why. Yesterday, a group of my so-called friends sniggered when I walked past. What’s wrong with me? We all need friends. Without them, life would be pretty lonely and boring. Friends come in all shapes and sizes, ages and stages. You gradually learn about friendships by having some yourself. Friends are so important. I am still best friends with Ally, my best friend since grade six. She knows everthing there is to know about me, and I know everything about her. You can’t replace a friend like that with anyone else.

Sara hates bad-luck Tuesdays! She writes a secret diary to lift the jinx. Sara Swan''s family has settled the problem of moving house (they are NOT moving!). But now her father is going through a mid-life crisis and leaves home on a Tuesday. And speaking of Tuesdays, Sara discovers that Tuesdays are bad-luck days for her in more ways than one. So when she hears a turn-your-life-around guru on TV say that you can change things if you write about misfortunes and analyse them, she decides to write a diary on Tuesdays, mainly about Tuesdays! Although she does include snippets of other important stuff that happens during the week! Great Aunt Grace (GAG) moves into town, causing problems as usual. Sara''s friends have their ups and downs, romances grow and wane, and all the bad luck still happens on Tuesdays. Finally, towards the end of the year, things begin to change for the better on Tuesdays, but... what happens on Wednesdays?

There''s trouble in school when the Angels get a new principal and a new teacher. And it seems that suddenly Greash and Foxie are the teacher''s pets. Pests, more like it. Sneaky deeds with Feral the ferret get the twins busted, but wombats are involved in the situation too, and Mike and Meg need to find out how. Whatever the answer, you can bet Greash and Foxie are up to no good. OKAY KOALA is the first book in a series loved by children all over Australia.