Anita Mertzlin Anita Mertzlin i(A51428 works by) (a.k.a. Annie Mertzlin)
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon Sea Secrets Gillian Wadds , South Melbourne : Lothian , 2006 Z1384419 2006 single work children's fiction children's

'I couldn't see why finding a few abalone in a bag was dangerous. I mean, how valuable could they be? It seemed a lot of fuss about nothing to me. Then Tran Nguyen went missing...'

When Zena and her friends try to find Tran, they end up in much deeper water than they expected... Beneath the sea there are dangerous secrets, and this summer at Portside holds more excitement than swimming, snorkelling and jet-ski riding. (Source: Back cover)
1 3 y separately published work icon Chemical Leak! Gillian Wadds , South Melbourne : Lothian , 2006 Z1341551 2006 single work children's fiction children's Zena wants to prove herself to her family and teacher by doing a brilliant science project on pollution. However she unwittingly pits herself against a chemical company when she investigates a strange liquid in the creek, which could lead to danger.
1 3 y separately published work icon Superglued Neville Barnard , South Melbourne : Lothian , 2006 Z1339372 2006 single work children's fiction children's Robert hopes that by supergluing his parents wedding ornament together he can mend their separation. Having it at boarding school however is not a good idea, but with the help of his friend Jon the imaginative uses of the glue provide a different sort of healing.
1 1 y separately published work icon Gandali the Whale Meredith Hooper , Anita Mertzlin (illustrator), Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2000 Z896462 2000 single work picture book children's Gandali, a baby humpback whale, reluctantly follows his mother on the journey they must make from the warm tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef southwards to Antarctica.
1 4 y separately published work icon The Cassowary's Quiz Carmel Bird , Anita Mertzlin (illustrator), Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2000 Z795433 2000 single work picture book children's fantasy

'A Russian doll and a peg doll living in the Australian bush meet a cassowary who offers them the chance of a lifetime. This is a story where the lives of native birds and the imaginations of the two dolls blend to take readers into a world of magical possibility. For ages 6 and over. ' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Mouth Carmel Bird , Port Melbourne : Lothian , 1996 Z204480 1996 single work short story young adult 'The story of the aftermath of a teenage girl's suicide. Her story is revealed in her diary, left for her former best friend instead of a suicide note. This reveals the girl's low self-esteem and obsessive crush on a teacher, whose accidental drowning she blames on herself, and so she takes her own life...Jade knows that her best friend, Fern, has died. Yet she can hear Fern tapping on the window every night - what is Fern's ghost trying to tell her?'
Source: Bookseller's website
1 1 y separately published work icon Telling Tales Michael Kavanagh (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1986 Z56597 1986 anthology short story
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