Year 6 student Charmagne Salas with author Meg McKinlay.
Camera IconYear 6 student Charmagne Salas with author Meg McKinlay. Credit: Supplied/Matt Jelonek        www.communitypix.com.au d442703

Moving house? read this

Jessica NicoFremantle Gazette

But what if your house picked itself up and started moving all by itself?

This is the conundrum facing young Bella, the main character of local author Meg McKinlay's new book, Bella and the Wandering House.

Bella is surprised to discover the little movements her wandering house is making, but her parents don't notice - that is, not until the house ends up on the banks of a lake.

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McKinlay said the book took her young readers on an adventure alongside Bella as she tried to solve the mystery of her moving house.

"The inspiration from this book came from a silly story I spun to a four-year-old boy and with that, the story of a house that had legs and liked to wander around at night started taking shape in my mind," she said.

"For the house's pit-stops, I've drawn loosely on locations in the Perth area like Manning Lake in Hamilton Hill, Mundaring Weir and the Swan."

She said it was a story she hoped all young readers would love. "I guess there are coming-of-age elements in the story."

Bella and the Wandering House is available from www.|fremantlepress.com.au.