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Sadie and Ratz

by Sonya Hartnett, Ann James (Illustrator)

3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 · rating details · 245 ratings · 80 reviews

Award-winning Sonya Hartnett spins a tale for younger readers about mischief, siblings, and taking matters into your own hands.

Sadie and Ratz are the names of Hannah's hands. They aren't animals, but they behave like wild beasts, says Dad. For one thing, they're always after four-year-old Baby Boy (whom Sadie wishes were a dog). They jump onto his head and try to rub his e...more

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Published March 27th 2012 by Candlewick (first published January 1st 2010)

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Mar 18, 2013 Brigida rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: chapter-books

Hannah is a girl who names her hands Sadie and Ratz. Sadie is the boss. She is the same size as Ratz but is meaner. Hannah's hands like to be kept busy in mischief. However, Hannah is getting the blame for things not done by her hands. So, she sends Sadie and Ratz on a vacation to find the real culprit. Can Hannah clear Sadie's and Ratz's name before it's too late? Read to find out.

Intended Grade Level: 2nd-4th

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Mar 23, 2013 Marissa Garcia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: families, favorites, humorous, imagination, short-chapter-books, sophisticated, sibling-arrivalry, unusual

"That night, Sadie and Ratz wanted to rub Baby Boy's ears, nose, hair and chin right off his head. But I knew that would cause more strife. Baby Boy knew it too. Baby Boy was little, but he was crafty."

Hannah's hands have minds of their own, and when they want to be beastly, they become Sadie and Ratz, who love to crush and rip and smashing things. Baby Boy, Hannah's four year old brother, sees the perfect opportunity to blame Sadie and Ratz for his own mischief around the house. Hannah retires...more

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Feb 22, 2013 Jim Erekson rated it 3 of 5 stars

I always wonder how well a piece of realistic fiction will resonate with kids. This one is obviously targeted at a specific problem, the one of not being believed, and being misunderstood. The voice is uncomplicated, and uses some sophisticated vocabulary for the age group--which I think is great. We want kids to know that their thinking has real words. This is targeted at preschool, so it is most likely intended as a read-aloud. But it may be a good chapter book for K-1, too.

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Sep 12, 2012 Barb Middleton rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: early-reader, good-read-aloud, attitude, bully, sibling-rivalry

I am number four.

My parents had five kids; four of them six years apart. I have pulled the curtain on certain parts of my childhood such as when my older brothers tried suffocating me at the bottom of my bed in my bedsheets, or bamboozled me out of my Halloween candy, or broke my bed and pinned the blame on me. Yes, when we were wee ones, we had moments (gasp),when we were piranhas. And because I was the youngest, it took me awhile to figure out how to fight back. But I learned. I fought verball...more

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Jul 26, 2012 Becky rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

Hannah is a little girl with a big imagination and two naughty hands. One of her hands is named Sadie, the other hand is Ratz. When they are on the rampage, look out! For her hands behave as wild beasts. And these beasts like to declare war on her four year old brother. Of course, Sadie and Ratz are forever getting in trouble for picking on her brother, for hurting him, etc. But how can Hannah live at peace with her horrible baby brother? The relationship between the two remains TENSE, TENSE, TE...more

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Jun 13, 2012 Brandy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, bullies, childrens, library, realistic

Why, yes, I've had the attention span of a gnat lately, and a Beginning Reader book is about my speed.

Picked this up because I love this author and wanted to see what she did with the younger format. Turns out, what she did is exactly what I should have expected--a realistic story that highlights something that's both common and dark; in this case, creating what is essentially a pair of imaginary friends (her hands) through which she can act out her frustrations and vent her childish anger. She...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Betsy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Children are literal creatures. They have to be. If you tell them something that says one thing and means another they need a certain level of sophistication to be able to parse your speech. And generally speaking the older they are the more likely they may be to interpret you correctly. Does that mean that all children's literature should be inherently straightforward and matter-of-fact? No! Just because kids can be literal that doesn't mean a bit of metaphor doesn't do them any good. Metaphors...more Children are literal creatures. They have to be. If you tell them something that says one thing and means another they need a certain level of sophistication to be able to parse your speech. And generally speaking the older they are the more likely they may be to interpret you correctly. Does that mean that all children's literature should be inherently straightforward and matter-of-fact? No! Just because kids can be literal that doesn't mean a bit of metaphor doesn't do them any good. Metaphors are fantastic for kids. Aside from juicing up otherwise boring narratives they learn how to read fiction in whole new, enterprising ways. That's why handing a third or fourth grader Sadie and Ratz isn't going to throw them too much. Don't get me wrong, it's weird, it's like nothing else on the shelf, and there's a darkness at work not normally seen in books for this age group. It also happens to be pretty much the best book for kids published in America in the year 2012. Kids will like it and grown-ups will be mildly freaked out. What's not to love?

Hannah likes lots of things like ponies and stroking her mom's hair. She also likes her hands which she has named Sadie and Ratz. Unlike Hannah, Sadie and Ratz are wild beasts. They like to scrunch and twist and scratch things. Unfortunately for everyone, what they like to scrunch and twist the most is Baby Boy, Hannah's naughty little 4-year-old brother. She feels it's the only way to keep him in line, and so she's utterly unprepared the day he turns the tables on her. One moment he's drawing on the wall and the next he's ratting out Sadie and Ratz for his crime. Suddenly Sadie is reconsidering the wisdom of punishing him every time he fingers her for a new crime (which only gets HER in trouble). Still, when Baby Boy pushes his luck and goes too far, Hannah realizes that she may have more in common with her little brother than she ever expected.

So I'm going to go out on a limb here and compare this to Where the Wild Things Are. I acknowledge that to do so is relatively crazy. I mean, Sendak's classic is considered the pinnacle of modern children's literature. To compare any book to it is to do that title a disservice. All that understood, hear me out. I breathe these two books in one breath because at its heart Sadie and Ratz does something I think Mr. Sendak would appreciate. There's this strange dark undercurrent to your average everyday child. A streak in them that understands jealousy and cruelty and that is simultaneously attracted and repelled by the children in books who exhibit those same qualities. Max in WTWTA embraces his worst aspects at the story's beginning, is punished, and then builds his own world where he has the power. Hannah is similarly punished when she gives in to her darkest feelings but her fantasy lies not with another world but within her own body. There's so much going on in the scene where she stares at Sadie and Ratz imagining that to tame them (paging The Little Prince) would be to break their hearts. There is also a deep and abiding darkness to the book that delves into places that a less honest short novel wouldn't tread. Hannah's torture of her little brother clearly gives rise to his own naughtiness, a fact she celebrates at the story's end. And one can't help but think when they encounter the twist on the last page kids will find it interesting and amusing while parents (identifying with Hannah's) will groan a little in worry.

I also think kids will identify with the weirder ideas in this book even if they don't quite understand them. At one point Hannah sends Sadie and Ratz "on vacation", though her hands themselves are clearly still attached to her wrists. She also describes their talents and dreams. In one part that I particularly liked Hannah says "When Sadie grows up, she wants to be a dragon. When Ratz grows up, he wants to be a bigger Ratz." That sort of blew my mind a little bit. Hartnett's writing is incredibly simple but somehow manages to use only a few words to convey a rich and complex little tale. Would that more shared her talent.

There's an off-kilter sophistication to Baby Boy's retaliation too. It's on a small scale but in many ways this is a look at a war. Baby Boy has always been weaker than Hannah, and there's no way he could physically fight back against Sadie and Ratz. It's almost an inspired bit of 4-year-old genius that he realizes that if he goes on the offensive rather than the defensive he can effectively neutralize his opponent(s?) within a matter of days. His downfall is the fact that his success goes to his head. He takes his stories too far, ending up in trouble at long last at the end. I love what that says about strategy and planning and winning. It's a big idea shrunk down into a little package.

It's funny to think about who the kid readers will root for in this book. On the one hand, Hannah seems mean, picking on Baby Boy all the time and then blaming it on her wayward palms. On the other hand, when he repeatedly casts blame on her that is deeply unfair and kid readers hate unfair things. Then there's the fact that you're in Hannah's head for the whole book. Shouldn't that make you sympathize with her more? Yet being inside her head just makes it so much clearer that she is just justifying her own bad behavior (refusing to discipline Sadie and Ratz might infuriate readers in a whole different way). Though it's only 60 very short pages long, this might be a fascinating title to do in a children's bookgroup. I can see kids debating who the worse villain is here.

Illustrator Ann James turned out to be the absolutely most perfect companion to this tale. You simply could not find anyone better. If there's a streak of darkness to Hartnett's text that streak is echoed (but not amplified) in the accompanying charcoal drawings. Hannah sports a Ramona-worthy do and her hands sound very much like something Ramona would come up with. James then infuses them with a strange terrifying power. They're just the hands of a child but the shadows they cast give them a dangerous quality. Baby Boy is perfectly presented as well. When he wishes to he can look as sweet and innocent as a newborn foal. And when he screams his entire face scrunches up until you can practically see his voice split the page and reverberate across a room.

Alas, alack the book cannot win a big American award like the Newbery since Sadie and Ratz is a 2008 import from what I believe to be Australia. Doggone it. This doesn't entirely surprise me since the sheer initial peculiarity of the story doesn't feel like it was born out of the old U.S. of A. Not that it feels particularly Australian either, though. In the end there's something simultaneously unique and yet universal about the story Harnett is telling. It also ends up being one of the more interesting anti-bullying books as well. You wouldn't necessarily want your kid to adopt Baby Boy's technique in standing up to Hannah, but kids will at least appreciate that he uses his brains to defeat her (admittedly with the help of his own hands). A beautiful bit of psychology that will undoubtedly lead to great discussions. Don't miss it.

For ages 7-10. (less)

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Dec 08, 2011 Louise rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm always interested in Sonya Hartnett's work, although I think I've only read one, or maybe two of her books (so far). I stumbled on this one browsing the library shelves. One of the Aussie Nibbles series, a great series of Australian reads encouraging reluctant readers with short, engaging, funny chapter books. I think this is the best Nibble I've had so far. Sadie and Ratz are the names that Hannah gives to her hands. Sadie and Ratz are naughty, much more so than Hannah. Still all three get...more

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Apr 07, 2012 Barbara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: families, international, ncbla2013

Although in many respects this is a strange little book, I find it intriguing for its subject matter and for its characters. Hannah has two hands that seem to operate without her permission at times. She has named them Sadie and Ratz, and they enjoy "crunching squishing squeezing" (p. 6) and doing things that get Hannah in trouble. Sadie and Ratz are particularly skilled in keeping Hannah's younger brother in line until one day he retaliates. At first no one thinks the sweet-tempered four-year-o...more

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Mar 23, 2013 Kathleen Behrendt rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: beginning-chapter-books, brothers-and-sisters, families, sisters-and-brothers

Hannah has named her two hands Sadie and Ratz. When Hannah gets in trouble, she blames Sadie and Ratz for the mischief. Her little brother, Baby Boy, gets on Hannah's nerves so her hands always want to rub Baby Brother's ears off as punishment. Baby Brother realizes he can cause trouble and blame Sadie and Ratz. This works until he blames the hands for pulling a leg off Pin, Hannah's stick insect, when Hannah is in school and Sadie and Ratz are on vacation. The charcoal drawings add a dark side...more

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Apr 04, 2012 Mary Ann rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: early-chapter-book, families, 3rd, 2nd

Wonderful interplay of text and illustrations. Looking forward to reading this with some students and getting their reactions. Best thing? It's an early chapter book you'll want to read again and again, thinking about it more each time.

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Dec 29, 2012 Phoebe rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: early-chapters, family, siblings, juv

Hannah copes with her annoyingly THERE 4-year-old brother using her friends Sadie and Ratz, the names she has given to her hands. Sadie and Ratz come alive in response to Baby Boy's irritating behavior, but as Baby Boy becomes older and more savvy to his sister's ways, Sadie and Ratz begin to take the blame for Baby Boy's own bad behavior. From a parental point of view the family strife escalates rather alarmingly, (and the parents look "worried") but Hannah herself figures out a way to solve he...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Christopher rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book made me SO happy. It's been a very long time since I've written that sentence. Short, sweet and to the point, Sadie and Ratz may be Sonia Hartnett's best work to date. Hannah is not responsible for all the crazy things happening in her house. Sadie and Ratz, her hands, are the culprits. What follows is something that anyone with siblings (especially those with younger brothers or sisters) can most definitely relate to. There is not a wasted word throughout the book. The illustrations a...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Kate Hastings rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bibliotherapy_behavior, early-elementary-gr2-4, early-readers

Grades K-2. Hannah's hands are named Sadie and Ratz. They have a mind of their own. Sometimes they can't help but pick on her younger brother-- and when she is disciplined, she always blames it on Sadie and Ratz. They come "awake."

Soon Little Brother has a Sadie and Ratz of his own-- and starts to fib and blame things on his big sister. Hannah decides it's time to take control and send Sadie and Ratz on vacation until they can behave!

I found this book to be a little heavy-handed, but I do think...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Samantha rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: brothers-and-sisters, juv-fiction, hands

Hannah has two mischevious hands she calls Sadie and Ratz. When her little brother starts getting into trouble and blaming Sadie and Ratz Hannah is determined to show her parents the truth. She sends them on a vacation from their usual antics and when Mom's antique clock is found in pieces the truth finally comes out. What excites Hannah more than anything though is the realization that Sadie and Ratz now have two new friends: Colin and Scraps.

A funny brother and sister story that reads a little...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Angelica rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: juv-fiction, chapter-books

Sadie and Ratz is a chapter book about a little girl named Hannah. So what does the title have to do with Hannah, well Sadie and Ratz are her two hands. In this book which consists of three chapters, Hannah tells us of things that she likes to do with Sadie and Ratz but sometimes they can be such beasts as she refers to them. It seems like Sadie and Ratz are getting into quite a lot of trouble but is there something else that is doing bad things. I like the pictures in the book, they seem like n...more

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Mar 27, 2013 Marissa Garcia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: misbehavior, sibiling-arrivalry, favorites

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Nov 15, 2012 Shazzer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-middle-grade, early-chapter-books-2012, middle-grade

As posted on Outside of a Dog:

I’ve mentioned before how hard I think it must be to write a satisfying early chapter book. It’s so easy to fall into the traps of talking above children’s heads, or talking down to them, or simply equated easy with boring (hello, Dick and Jane). That’s why it’s so rewarding to have a book like Sonya Hartnett’s Sadie and Ratz. Here is a book that is right on a child’s level, and is wonderful and strange and just a little bit subversive. My kind of book.

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Apr 18, 2012 Tasha rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-books

Hannah’s hands are named Sadie and Ratz, and they get into all sorts of trouble. They like to crunch, squish and squeeze things. They are especially active when Hannah’s little brother, Baby Boy, does things like going into her room or using all of the markers. Then Sadie and Ratz try to rub off his ears. Baby Boy screams for help and Hannah gets into trouble. But then one day, something strange happens and Sadie and Ratz get accused of drawing on the wall, when they were nowhere near there. Bab...more

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Aug 09, 2012 Nicole rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: adults who appreciate kids

Shelves: early-readers

Cute. Sassy cute, not precious cute.

I'm curious if young kids get the humor of Sophie's hands? Or if they "know" who committed the crimes before the big reveal? Cute reveal, by the way, and excellent ending. I liked it as an adult with an intimate knowledge and appreciation of kids. But I wonder if kids will like it? Because, you know, kids don't think of themselves in the same way adults think of them and sometimes that leads to books that adults love and kids are oblivious to.

Thoughts? Anyone...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Rebecca rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is so cute! I love that it slyfully teaches consequences and not heavy-handed morals. Kid's books can be so sermonic sometimes, that it was refreshing to read something in which the character makes a change because it's smart and not because she had this moral epiphany. I mean, she's a little kid. The illustrations are great and help complement the light tone of the story. If anything, it's worth reading this book to learn the new 'yoga poses' that Sadie & Ratz come up with. :)

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Jan 11, 2012 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: early-readers

A bite-sized bit of storytelling by a well-regarded author. This one speaks to sibling relationships, family dynamics, mischief, blame, joy and imagination. Highly recommended for young independent readers. With only 64 pages and loads of illustrations this will be a confidence-building short chapter book that is as sophisticated as it is fun.

Can't wait to see the finished illustrations. (This review based on unfinshed reader's edition.)

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Jan 08, 2013 Katie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: capitol-choices-2013, children-s-literature

On the 2013 Capitol Choices list. This is a very early chapter book for beginning readers, but it almost reads like a picture book in early chapter book format. I like the theme, and sibling rivalry/tattling is definitely an important theme, but I didn't particularly care for the way it was handled. It wasn't bad or anything, but it just didn't particularly stand out to me. Mediocre. Not on my personal capitol choices list!

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Jul 21, 2012 Mary rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s

This was a very quick read about a girl and her naughty hands named Sadie and Ratz. Sadie and Ratz get Hannah into trouble especially when they jump on her little brother's head and try to rub off his ears. Things get worse for Hannah when Baby Boy starts blaming Sadie and Ratz for things that aren't their fault. Hannah decides it's time for Sadie and Ratz to take a vacation, but they'll be in for a surprise when they return...

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Mar 15, 2012 Edward Sullivan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: early-readers, children-s-fiction

This is one of the best written and most sophisticated early readers I have ever read. Hannah is a little girl who projects her anger, frustrations, and inclinations for mischief on Sadie and Ratz, the names she gives to her hands which are "wild beasts." I am awed by Hartnett's remarkable ability to so perfectly capture a young child's imagination and perspective. Ann James's striking illustrations are also notable.

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Feb 21, 2013 Paul rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-lit

What a fun story, which I think beginning readers will be energized by - I howled with laughter a few times throughout. The illustrations in charcoal are so expressive and compelling in telling the story of young Hannah's overactive right and left hands and her mischievous four-year-old brother quickly sweep us along, especially those of us with younger siblings who seemed to get away with everything.

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Apr 16, 2012 Sarah Sullivan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: middle-grade

Ok, actually more of an easy reader than middle grade, but beginning readers are going to go nuts for this book. It's funny, the main characters and their sibling rivalry is deeply relatable and the illustrations perfectly complement the story being told. I was completely sold on this line: "When Sadie grows up she wants to be a dragon. When Ratz grows up he wants to be a bigger Ratz."

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May 20, 2012 Karen Arendt rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: family, fantasy, independent-reader

Clever story of a girl named who has named her hands, Sadie and Ratz. Her younger brother starts to blame his mistakes on Sadie and Ratz which angers Hannah. Hannah sends the hands on vacation, but then another incident happens. Eventually everyone realizes the younger brother is to blame, but with a surprise twist at the end. Good for 1st and 2nd graders.

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Apr 04, 2012 Donalyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: early-readers, ncbla-committee-2013-books, 2012-nerdy-book-club-shortlist, ncbla-committee-2013-shortlist

Hannah's hands, Sadie and Ratz, have minds of their own and often make poor decisions. Their favorite activity is torturing Hannah's little brother, Baby Boy.

When Sadie and Ratz are blamed for things they didn't do, Hannah has to make a decision.

An excellent, darkly funny book about taking responsibility and the contentious relationships between siblings.

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Apr 15, 2013 Renee rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paw, early-readers-je

Summary: Hannah and her hands, named Sadie and Ratz, regularly get into trouble, especially when younger brother Baby Boy is around.

Hannah's little brother is always blaming Hannah's hands (Sadie and Ratz) when things go wrong. But in the end, Hannah sends the hand friends away for a little while and trouble still happens. That is when the family realizes it is really the brother causing the trouble...and his little hand friends:-)

Delightful! I hope the author continues to write more about thes...more

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About Sonya Hartnett

Sonya Hartnett (also works under the pseudonym Cameron S. Redfern) is, or was, something of an Australian child prodigy author. She wrote her first novel at the age of thirteen, and had it published at fifteen. Her books have also been published in Europe and North America. Her novels have been published traditionally as young adult fiction, but her writing often crosses the divide and is also enj...more Sonya Hartnett (also works under the pseudonym Cameron S. Redfern) is, or was, something of an Australian child prodigy author. She wrote her first novel at the age of thirteen, and had it published at fifteen. Her books have also been published in Europe and North America. Her novels have been published traditionally as young adult fiction, but her writing often crosses the divide and is also enjoyed by adults.

"I chose to narrate the story through a child because people like children, they WANT to like them," says Sonya Hartnett of THURSDAY'S CHILD, her brilliantly original coming-of-age story set during the Great Depression. "Harper [the young narrator] is the reason you get sucked into the characters. Even I, who like to distance myself from my characters, felt protective of her."

The acclaimed author of several award-winning young adult novels--the first written when she was just 13--Australian native Sonya Hartnett says she wrote THURSDAY'S CHILD in a mere three months. "It just pulled itself together," she says. "I'd wanted to set a story in the Depression for some time, in an isolated community that was strongly supportive. Once the dual ideas of the boy who tunneled and the young girl as narrator gelled, it almost wrote itself--I had the cast, I had the setting, I just said 'go.' " Accustomed to writing about edgy young adult characters, Sonya Hartnett says that identifying with a seven-year-old protagonist was a challenge at first. "I found her difficult to approach," she admits. "I'm not really used to children. But once I started, I found you could have fun with her: she could tell lies, she could deny the truth." Whereas most children know "only what adults want them to know," the author discovered she could bypass that limitation by "turning Harper into an eavesdropper and giving her older siblings to reveal realities."

In her second book with Candlewick Press, WHAT THE BIRDS SEE, Sonya Hartnett once again creates a portrait of childhood. This time the subject is Adrian, a nine-year-old boy living in the suburbs with his gran and Uncle. For Adrian, childhood is shaped by fear: his dread of quicksand, shopping centers, and self-combustion. Then one day, three neighborhood children vanish--an incident based on a real case in Australia in the 1960s--and Adrian comes to see just how tenuous his safety net is. In speaking about Adrian, the author provocatively reveals parallels between herself and her character. She says, "Adrian is me in many respects, and many of the things that happen to him happened to me."

Sonya Hartnett's consistently inspired writing has built her a legion of devotees. Of THURSDAY'S CHILD, Newbery Honor-winning author Carolyn Coman says, "Hartnett's beautifully rendered vision drew me in from the very start and carried me along, above and under ground, to the very end. This book amazed me." The achingly beautiful WHAT THE BIRDS SEE has just as quickly garnered critical acclaim. Notes PUBLISHERS WEEKLY in a starred review, "Hartnett again captures the ineffable fragility of childhood in this keenly observed tale. . . . Sophisticated readers will appreciate the work's acuity and poetic integrity." Sonya Hartnett's third young adult novel, STRIPES OF THE SIDESTEP WOLF was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults.

Sonya Hartnett lives near Melbourne, Australia. Her most recent novels are SURRENDER, a mesmerizing psychological thriller, and THE SILVER DONKEY, a gently told fable for middle-grade readers.(less)

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