English: Year 7

Philip has spent his whole school life invisible. He’s used to being the loner, the odd one out. When his class is told to keep diaries about any hero or villain, tensions rise as battlelines are drawn. They discover heroes and villains who ruled nations or fought oppression, who were persecuted or persecuted others, and who struggled for justice and changed the world forever. But Philip and his class soon learn that there are heroes and villains much closer to home and that they come in many disguises. From award-winning author Elizabeth Fensham comes a book with heart for the hero in us all.

The Lost Thing is a humorous story about a boy who discovers a bizarre-looking creature while out collecting bottle-tops at the beach. Having guessed that it is lost, he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, but the problem is met with indifference by everyone else, who barely notice its existence. Strangers, friends, parents are all unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to day-to-day life. In spite of his own reservations, the boy feels sorry for this hapless creature, and attempts to find out where it belongs.