William Wenton and the Secret Portal verse novels Then she has an idea:

Then she has an idea: she should invent a way to “sing” to him

From the rodeos and fishing holes of northern Australia

a pragmatic robin

So begins the story of a lovely little girl who lives in Penberthy Floss in a large ramshackle house with her mother

William Wenton and the Secret Portal verse novels Then she has an idea:Written by Bobbie Peers paperback After William starts to suffer from mysterious fits that leave him unable to control his body let alone crack codes he worries that the metal inside him is acting up. There's only one place he can go for answers: the Institute for Post Human Research. But nothing at the Institute is the same. His room is more like a cell, and outside the window, huge searchlights sweep the skies and robot vehicles roam the grounds.