Please join us at Harry Hartog Mosman on Saturday 28 June at 10AM as we welcome author Rosie Schonell for a reading of her debut novel Breaking Rules is Easy.

Attendees are in for a sweet treat as Rosie will be handing out lolly bags from "Effies Cafe" - a location some readers may recognize from the book!

RSVP today for this exciting event!

About the Book

For Billie and Minty, breaking school rules is easy – but solving a centuries old mystery is the real challenge!

Faced with an old school legend and a missing treasure, the sleuths are compelled to solve the cryptic clues and unlock past secrets.

"Mum told me about this place. It’s supposed to be haunted by the ghost of a girl called Cordelia, who fell out of the tower window. Apparently, she’d sit on the window ledge at night staring into the bush. They think something scared her and caused her to fall."

Ghosts, ancient keys, grisly dogs, riddles, paper maps, spooky cemeteries, and blood sucking leeches, the girls face it all as they try to uncover the Abercrombie family curse in the haunted house Ravenswatch.

Rosie Schonell says, ‘Every schoolgirl wants to be a detective at some point … at that age, everything is exciting, and the idea of solving a mystery is especially appealing. There’s something about the curiosity and determination of kids that makes them the perfect detectives.’

About the Author

Rosie has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Special Education. She has taught English at all levels in schools and specialized in teaching students with learning difficulties. She also volunteers at schools and organisations that teach reading, including teaching newly arrived adult migrants.

She loves a game of Pickleball, outrigging on Pittwater, and volunteers as a crisis supporter at LIFELINE.

Rosie lives with her husband, and has three adult children she’s raised to love books as much as she does. She spends her time between Balmain and the Northern Beaches of Sydney.