Summary
Perry Angel is a young foster child who comes to the Silk family. Griffin Silk and his best friend Leyla are excited to hear about Perry's arrival and plan all the things they will show him. Over the next few months, Perry becomes part of the Silk family. However, when he overhears Griffin's parents discussing an impending visit from Melody from the welfare office, he believes he is to be taken away and sent to another family. Clutching his battered suitcase, he runs away.
Glenda Millard is an Australian writer of children's literature and young-adult fiction. She was born in Victoria Australia. Her first book came out in 1999 was titled Unplugged. In 2003 she released The Naming of Tishkin Silk which was named as an honour book at the 2004 CBCA Awards and was a finalist for the 2004 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. In 2007 Layla, Queen of Hearts, a follow up to The Naming Of Tishkin Silk, won the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Children's Book and was a short-list nominee for the Children's Book of the Year Award for younger readers.
In 2009 Millard released her young-adult fiction novel A Small Free Kiss in the Dark and the children's novel Perry Angel's Suitcase. A Small Free Kiss in the Dark was a short-list nominee for the 2009 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan and Perry Angel's Suitcase won the 2009 Children's Book of the Year Award for younger readers. Millard was also named an ambassador for the Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge
In 2015 her title Once A Shepherd was chosen as one of four titles for the United States Board of Books for Young People. Her title The Duck and Darklings made the Wilderness Society 2015 children's book award shortlist in the Picture Fiction category. In 2016, it won the WA Premier's Book Awards in the Children's category.
(Bowker Author Biography)
