Maureen McCarthy

Maureen McCarthy, a bestseller in her native Australia, is the author of Cross My Heart (short-listed for four literary awards), Chain of Hearts (short-listed for the Ethel Turner Prize in the 2000 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards), Rose by Any Other Name, and Somebody’s Crying. This is her first middle-grade novel.

Maureen McCarthy's Titles

When You Wish upon a Rat

With echoes of such classic wish-gone-wrong books as Freaky Friday, Half Magic, and Coraline, this terrific novel has the potential to become...