What’s the book about?
Kids love naughty, parents love safe – and Swearwolves delivers both.
Luna Wilkinson wants to stand out – but not like this.
Something that lurks in the dark and shadowy woods behind her house just bit her.
Rude. And also, extremely unhygienic.
Now she’s cursed. Super cursed. The kind of cursed that forces her to blurt out every swear word in the dictionary – as well as a few she’s sure aren’t in any dictionary.
So she’s become a walking, talking agent of chaos – and there’s no way to turn it off.
And the worst part? She has only three days to undo the curse…or she’ll be stuck swearing her head off forever.
Recommended for:
Ages 9+
Three reasons to read it:
- Luna’s life is full of non-stop funny disasters. Because of the curse, she blurts out every swear word she can think of, plus a few she’s sure don’t even exist. Imagine someone accidentally saying the most outrageous words in every situation, from school to home to the streets. Every chapter is full of surprising, silly and often gross moments that’ll make you laugh out loud. Kids who enjoy stories where the main character constantly gets into trouble will love watching Luna’s chaos unfold.
- Something mysterious and shadowy bites Luna in the woods behind her house. The dark forest, the strange bite, and the odd events that follow give the story a tiny shiver of spookiness. But it’s never scary in a mean way. Instead, it’s the perfect mix of suspense and silliness that makes readers excited to see what happens next. The story turns ordinary places like Luna’s backyard into an adventure full of surprises, creepy creatures and hilarious mishaps.
- Worland knows exactly how to tell a story that keeps kids hooked from the very first page. He has written books and screenplays that balance adventure, humor and heart. In Swearwolves, he creates a world where the characters feel real, the situations are wild, and the laughs never stop. Readers can trust that every twist, every curse and every ridiculous moment is part of a fun, carefully crafted story designed to entertain and delight.
Buy a copy of Swearwolves here.
About the author:
Steve Worland has worked extensively in film and television in Australia and the USA. He wrote the screenplay for the smash hit Australian family film Paper Planes with director Robert Connolly, won the ACCTA award for best original screenplay for the same film, and adapted the movie into a bestselling novel for young readers. Steve has written screenplays for Working Title, Icon Productions and The Jim Henson Company, worked in script development for James Cameron’s Lightstorm and wrote Fox Searchlight’s Bootmen, which won five ACCTA awards. Steve also wrote the action-comedy telemovie Hard Knox for New Line Television, episodes of the Southern Star action series Big Sky and the Saturn award-winning Farscape. He is the author of the action-adventure novels Velocity, Combustion and Quick as well as the charity joke book The Bloke-a-saurus, which he wrote with his brother, Gus.
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