Project Best Friend (11 page)
Penelope was determined to be the very best Best Friend she could possibly be. After all, best friends didn’t just come along every day.
‘Actually, Bob,’ Penelope said, grinning and grinning, ‘that would be perfect.’
Chrissie Perry is the author of over thirty books for children and young adults, including thirteen books in the popular
Go Girl
series and the award-winning
Whisper
. She lives in St Kilda with her husband, three children (who are stubbornly refusing to stay young) and an opinionated Maltese Shih Tzu called Gidget.
Like Penelope Kingston, Chrissie believes it’s great to aim for excellence. But she has a sneaking suspicion that going with the flow every now and again can also work out just fine.
The author gratefully acknowledges the provision of a Glenfern Fellowship through Writers Victoria.
To my editor, Hilary Rogers: ten years of working together and I still have to pinch myself on a regular basis. I think we’ve managed to develop an emotional shorthand which allows us to delve deep in so little time these days.
To Niki Horin who ‘got’ Penelope from the very first moment and helped make her excellent at most things. Massive thanks to Jon Davis whose illustrations so capture the spirit of our girl.
Finally, thanks to my family – Marty, Jack, Billie and Hugo – for sharing your lives with Penelope Kingston for the past year and a half. She can be a fussy house guest but she does adore the lot of you.
To Frank and Mavis Keighery, who continue to inspire me in every way.
Project Best Friend
published in 2015 by
Hardie Grant Egmont
Ground Floor, Building 1, 658 Church Street
Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia
www.hardiegrantegmont.com.au
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eISBN 9781743582992
Text copyright © 2015 Chrissie Perry
Illustrations copyright © 2015 Hardie Grant Egmont
Series design copyright © 2015 Hardie Grant Egmont
Series design by Elissa Webb
Illustrations by Jon Davis
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