Cannily, Cannily
Age 10+
General Fiction
They were on the move again, but nowhere ever felt like home.
“Home, he thought grimly. Funny sort of home, a caravan and a kombi with a tent annexe to connect the two.” Trevor is canny. Knowing. Thrifty. Cautious. But he also wants to belong. A brilliant novel from the multi-award-winning author Simon French.
Creators
Simon French grew up in Sydney's west, and had his first novel published while he was still at high school. He has written many novels and picture books, and been published in Australia and overseas. His work is praised by critics and has won several awards, including the 1987 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for All We Know. Change the Locks was an Honour Book in 1992. Where in the World won the 2003 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature, and was short-listed for the 2003 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, long-listed for the 2003 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and nominated to the IBBY Honour List in 2004. His most recent novel, Other Brother, was short-listed for the 2013 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers award. Simon is a primary school teacher in the Hawkesbury region of New South Wales.
