Batter Up, Plus Three More

by Sherryl Clark, James Moloney, Rosemary Hayes

BATTER UP! by Sherryl Clark
Hayley wants to know why her best friend Spit has suddenly dumped her. What she discovers is very strange....stranger than she could have imagined.

DAVID, THE BEST MODEL MAKER IN THE WORLD by James Moloney
David was the best model maker in the world. But one day a strange man sent him a picture of a very strange ball. Could be build that?

HOLLY AND THE DREAM FIXER by Rosemary Hayes
Holly dreams of life as a princess on a tropical island. Then POW! Suddenly Xavier appears - a wish-fulfilment agent to make it all come true...

TIGER TROUBLE by Sherryl Clark
Eric's mother isn't weird. But she is tall and always gets into trouble. Why does she suddenly start tap-dancing everywhere? Could it have something to do with Renaldo the hypnotist?

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Some of my first short stories were crime fiction, and although in the last 20 years I have focused a lot more on writing children's and YA books, I've kept going with my crime writing. The first two novels are now stowed somewhere in the back of my filing cabinet!
But "Trust Me, I'm Dead", first draft written in 2009, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and then published by Verve Books in the UK. What a journey with that novel. I love the character, a grumpy woman (secretly modelled on a young Judi Dench), and couldn't let go of the story. Nine drafts later ...
There are two more Judi novels ("Dead and Gone" and "Mad, Bad and Dead") - but my brand new character is PI Lou Alcott, with "Woman, Missing" published in 2024 by HQ/Harlequin.
More about my crime writing and books at www.sherrylclarkcrimewriter.com

I have been writing poems and stories for over twenty-five years, and have two collections of poetry published. Perseverance really does count, I think, for all kinds of writing.

In 1996 I wrote my first children’s book, "The Too-Tight Tutu", which was published in 1997 by Penguin Australia. I have since written over 60 children's and YA books, which are published around the world.
My verse novel "Farm Kid" won the 2005 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Children’s Books. "Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!)" was a 2008 CBCA Honour Book. My YA novel "Dying to Tell Me", published in the USA by KaneMiller, has also been published in Australia by me.

My author website for children's books is at www.sherrylclark.com. I also work as a freelance editor, manuscript development editor and mentor - information on these at www.sherrylclarkwritingcoach.com.