Cannily, Cannily

'Home,' he thought grimly. Funny sort of home, a caravan and a kombi with a tent annexe to connect the two.'


Trevor is not your average twelve-year-old boy. Heís canny. Knowing. Thrifty. Cautious.But he also wants to belong. Cannily, Cannily is a junior fiction novel by multi-award-winningAustralian author Simon French. Readers follow Trevor as he struggles with bullying and belonging, and learns the importance of friendship and standing up for oneself.


In 1982 this book was short-listed for the UK Guardian Fiction Prize and was Commended in the Childrenís Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Awards.If you enjoyed this book, read Simonís other stories: Change the Locks and Other Brother.