'Funny, smart and perfectly paced, I adore this book.' - Nova Weetman
Can catastrophe expert Nell McPherson foil her mum's awful plan to blend their family, keep her balance on the wobbly friendship tightrope, and successfully campaign for grade six to strike for climate action?
What's the worst thing that could happen?
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHILDREN'S PEACE LITERATURE AWARD 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE ABDA BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2023 BEST DESIGNED CHILDREN'S FICTION COVER
Praise for How to Spell Catastrophe
'This book sparkles with humour and heart. I absolutely LOVED it. Fiona Wood meets tweens and teens where they are. Her stories deserve a place on every tween bookshelf.' - Rebecca Sparrow
Author Information
Fiona Wood's first young adult novel, Six Impossible Things, was shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year, Older Readers. Her second, Wildlife, won the CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers and was shortlisted for a number of other awards. Her third book, Cloudwish, was published in 2015, and also won the CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers. Take Three Girls, a YA novel written in collaboration with award-winning authors Cath Crowley and Simmone Howell, was published in 2017 to great acclaim and received another CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers award. Fiona's books are published internationally. How to Spell Catastrophe is her first novel for middle-grade readers.
Before writing YA fiction, Fiona wrote television scripts. She lives in Melbourne with her family.