I glare at the new girl. She's got long blonde hair and a pale face. Her legs are thin and wobbly looking. Her eyes are a watery blue and she smiles every time Mrs Jacobs speaks to her. A sucky smile. If she had a tail she'd wag it...I hate her already. Nicky's world is falling apart. Her dad's left home, her mum's sold their house, and now there's Pukeface - her dad's new girlfriend - to contend with. What can Nicky do but declare her life a Change-Free Zone? Then sucky new girl Meeegan Stoat and her mysterious stepmother Imelda arrive. Soon Nicky is fighting for more than the Change-Free Zone. Who will believe that the beautiful Imelda Stoat is not all she seems? And what about the danger to Monty, Nicky's beloved pet rat... A funny, fast-moving adventure about friendship, change and the cutest pet rats you'll ever meet.

 

This book is part of a book series called Takeaways Series .

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Hachette Australia .

Lian Tanner has been dynamited while scuba diving and arrested while busking. She once spent a week in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, hunting for a Japanese soldier left over from the Second World War. She likes secrets, old bones, and animals that are not what they seem. Nowadays she lives by the beach in southern Tasmania with a large fluffy tomcat called Harry-le-beau.