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Authors: Duncan Ball
Emily Eyefinger and the Secret from the Sea (7 page)
âAnd you brought my camera back. You were very naughty to take it but I forgive you.'
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Later, back at Aunt Olympia's house, Aunt Olympia said that it had been the best and the worst trip of her life.
âIt was wonderful to see a whole city just appear like that,' she said, âbut I lost all the things I collected.'
âAt least we didn't lose Fussy,' Emily said, looking at the photos she'd taken. âAnd we have lots of pictures of the ruins. Hang on, what's this?
I didn't take this last one. Fussy must have! Have a look!'
And there it was, a perfect photo of a beautiful sculpture â the statue of the Sea Goddess.
âFussy,' Aunt Olympia said. âYou're such a clever boy.'
Emily looked up to the top of the bookcase and there was Mr Fusspot with his hands on his head smiling down at her.
Yet again the author would like to thank the talented team who not only make Emily Eyefinger possible but who keep her flying high in the charts: Craig Smith, Anne Reilly, Barbara Pepworth, Lisa Berryman, Shona Martyn, Yvonne Fillery, Graeme Jones, Barbara Mobbs, Jill Quin and a host of others slaving selflessly in the dank dungeons of HarperCollins Castle.
Duncan Ball is the author of many popular children's books including a series of books about Australia's only talking dog, Selby. His books have won and been shortlisted for many prizes, most of them voted by children. In 2011, the Monkey Baa Theatre Company turned Emily Eyefinger into a play that was performed around Australia. The play will tour Australia again in 2013. He and his wife live in Sydney in a terrace house with their cat.
Duncan tells the following story: âLong ago in a second grade class at Coffs Harbour Primary School, a very clever teacher asked her class where they would like to have an extra eye. When they'd finished giving their answers, the teacher said, “Think of all you could do if you were born with an eye on the end of your finger. You could look behind you, and peek around corners, and there's no end to the fun you could have.” The teacher's name is now lost from memory but one of her second graders, Jill Quin, grew up and is now my wife. One day on a bushwalk she told me this story and that's when Emily Eyefinger was born.'
Emily Eyefinger
Emily Eyefinger, Secret Agent
Emily Eyefinger and the Lost Treasure
Emily Eyefinger and the Black Volcano
Emily Eyefinger's Alien Adventure
Emily Eyefinger and the Devil Bones
Emily Eyefinger and the Balloon Bandits
Emily Eyefinger and the Ghost Ship
Emily Eyefinger and the Puzzle in the Jungle
Emily Eyefinger and the City in the Sky
Piggott Place ⢠Piggotts in Peril
Selby's Secret
Selby Speaks
Selby Screams
Selby Supersnoop
Selby Spacedog
Selby Snowbound
Selby Surfs
Selby Snaps!
Selby Splits
Selby's Stardom
Selby Sorcerer
Selby Scrambled
Selby's Shemozzle
Selby Shattered
Selby Santa
Selby Sprung
Selby's Joke Book
Selby's Selection
Selby's Side-Splitting Joke Book
The Joke's on Selby
The Case of the Graveyard Ghost and Other Mysteries
The Case of the Vampire's Wire and Other Mysteries
My Sister has a Big Black Beard (poetry)
My Dog's a Scaredy-cat (picture book)
Jeremy's Tail (picture book)
For more information about Duncan's books, see the website at:
www.duncanball.com.au
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First published in Australia in 2012
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Ball, Duncan
Emily Eyefinger and the secret from the sea /
Duncan Ball; illustrated by Craig Smith.
ISBN: 978 0 7322 9315 4 (pbk.)
ISBN: 978 0 7304 9719 6 (epub)
For primary school age.
Eye â Juvenile fiction.
Seas â Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, Australian.
Other Authors/Contributors: Smith, Craig, 1955-
A823.3
Cover design by Matt Stanton, HarperCollins Design Studio
Cover and internal illustrations by Craig Smith: www.craigsmithillustration.com
