Nathan Luff

Marcus is banished to an outback grammar school by his parents. Its a place with no phones and no internet where the worst of the worst are sent and the bullies run the school. There is also a mysterious Principal with the power to make even staff members cry. Marcus ( along with 2 boys he ropes in to help him) is on an unlikely mission to access the school's only working phone or steal the school bus to escape...he has had enough.
Sometimes funny and often sad, Bad Grammar will appeal to show more kids who like books about the odd kids who don't fit in. show less

Second Nathan Luff book I have read and I must say he is very good - a bit like Gordon Korman but Australian. (Young man fish out of water trope)
In this one, Branson is once again, dumped by his parents when they go off skiing. This time they have sent him to the Daintree forest in far north QLD to a luxury Spa retreat/holiday camp for teenagers....or not?
When Branson and three other spoilt rich brats arrive, they discover that the park is falling to bits and they have been conned into being show more used as manual labour to tidy it up. (Always read the fine print.)
To make matters worse, they can't escape (they are trapped by the ferry) and all sorts of creepy crawlies/cassowaries/crocodiles etc. Its the holiday from hell not to mention the other 3 teens - a whiny boy who won't carry his own suitcase/ a goth who just stares at everyone and an overly fake cheerful British girl. Branson will kill his parents if he survives.
Funny and heartwarming. I didn't like Luff's portrayl of the Mother at the camp as it was inconsistent, but overall a better book than the previous one Bad Grammar. show less

Stu is an 11-year-old boy transplanted to the country for six weeks while his single mothr goes to italy for a break and his father dead. To make matters worse, stu is a bit of a wuss, he suffers from anxiety-induced asthma and he knows the country is full of snakes, foxes and wild pigs etc. His aunty hides all his book so stu can [play with his two cousins: matt and James. altogether they forge a flooded creak, ride a bike out of control down a hill and many more epic adventures. Stu keeps show more ood-humor through-out his ordeal, and eventually turns the tables on his feral cousins. This book gives a great sense of fear, danger and adrenaline.Recommended for ages 10 and above.

By Michael show less