Books with author David Tinkler

McStew (a.k.a. the Gypsy Bandit) is one strange next-door neighbor. It isn't unusual for eleven-year-old Scotty Hansen to find McStew outside burying household appliances with his invisible sidekick named Reese, or plotting ways to vanquish the evil pirate Blackheart. And when Scotty decides to build the tree house his father had planned before his death, McStew, who has an abusive home life, sees it as an opportunity to move in. But soon McStew vanishes altogether, and though he's physically not there anymore, his oddball influence over the lives of Scotty, Scotty's mother, and a number of other people grows stronger than ever. There's romance, a murder, mystery, and plenty of aggravation in store for Scotty in his previously uncomplicated world, and readers will find themselves drawn into it by a fast-paced plot and characters who are smart, funny, and full of heart.

An epic coming-of-age storyShe suspects her boyfriend of cheating and her best friend of betrayal. But that's not the worst of sixteen-year-old Callie Weston's sorrows. The unveiling of not just one but two of her mother’s deceptions has driven Callie to despair. With an unlikely companion, she heads off into the wild and beautiful Madras Mountains to capture the spirit of her great-great-great-great-grandmother Calico Bright, a nineteenth-century frontierswoman and family legend. But in so doing, she gets more than she bargains for and discovers Calico Bright in the unlikeliest of places.The Return of Calico Bright forces its protagonist to confront not only her own adolescent sorrows but the seamy underbelly of a nation’s identity, in which racial hatred lurks in surprising places. The stakes are high and the outcome critical, but in the crucible of raw experience Callie emerges from her ancestor’s heroic shadow in ways she never would have imagined.

Kevin Twerp's life hasn't been easy. His famous, pop-singing dad was killed in an plane crash, so his Mum has had to go out to work as a school nurse. She is now known by the unfortunate name of 'Nitty Norah the Hair Explorer'. And, as if that wasn't bad enough, looming like a dark shadow, is Killer Keast, the Headmaster. But then his mum decides to take in a lodger, and WPC Rose Button, the All-England Mud Wallowing Champion, joins the household. Now things will definitely start to happen!

Have you heard of Glob the Mutant? Did you know that even though he looks exactly like an ordinary boy he actually comes from another planet? This story is about him. When slack methods are revealed at Littlesprat Primary School, a new team of child-trainers takes over, armed with the latest child-crushing technology. Then Tharg, the world's thickest games teacher, introduces sweet little Lucasta Smirk to Glob the Mutant. That's when things start to get worse.