Apel, Kathryn,

What snail knows / Kathryn Apel ; illustrations by Mandy Foot. - 222 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Lucy and Dad move a lot, so it's hard to make friends. Lucy's glad she has Snail, the perfect pet for a lonely girl. If only she had her own shell to hide in every time she started at a new school. But this place is different. She likes her teacher, Miss Darling. She likes her classmates, especially Tahnee. She even likes Mei-hui's van park, where she lives with Dad and Snail. This place feels like home. Can she convince her dad to stay?

4-12 years old.

9780702265464 (paperback)

jb2022008280


Parent and child--Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Snails as pets--Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.


Australian fiction.
Novels in verse.

A823.4