Author(s): Fiona Lloyd

Middle Readers | CBCA Shortlist 2024

A gently funny yet powerful coming-of-age middle grade novel about surviving the odds, unlikely friendships and the magical music of Elvis.It's not eggsactly easy being Jimmy Baxter 'cause- The real Jimmy's hiding inside Ned Kelly's giving him the evil eye Mum's stopped going to work and stays in bed There's no eggs in the fridge - or anything else.AND there's new jobs, bad-at-school brains and a whole lot of trouble called Duke.But then . . . there's Mac.A moving story told with moments of absolute delight. Morris Gleitzman