Audrey's Big Secret
Author: Christine Harris
Illustrator: Ann James
Book 3 in the Audrey of the Outback series
Pages: 192
Published: 2009
Age: 7+
Audrey Barlow has woken up in the dead of night and needs to go to the bathroom. The only problem is, the bathroom is an outhouse and is out yonder down the garden path. And if that isn’t bad enough, Audrey sees what she thinks is a ghost! It’s not such a far-fetched idea, especially as her twin sisters, Esther and Pearl, who tragically died at birth are buried out the back. But Audrey soon discovers that it wasn’t a ghost she spotted at all, but a young aboriginal girl her own age named Janet. Audrey soon learns that Janet has run away from a mission and together they must think of a way to keep Janet from being taken again.
Readers will love Audrey and her determination to see that something so wrong must be made right.
WA Premier's Book Awards (2010) Shortlisted; South Australian Festival Awards (2010) Shortlisted; Children's Book Council of Australia (2010) Notable Book
About the Audrey of the Outback Series
Books in series order
- 1.Audrey of the Outback(2008)
- 2.Audrey Goes to Town(2009)
- 3.Audrey's Big Secret(2009)
Reading age: 7+ years
Audrey is a 1930s outback girl—determined, mischievous, imaginative and inquisitive, a combination that will have every girl in the country wishing she lived in the outback! Follow Audrey, along with her family and friends through her adventures.
Note: The character of Audrey makes an appearance in another historical novel by this author, Outback: The Diary of Jimmy Porter.

