The Show Must Go On
Richard O'Neill, Michelle Russell, Mitch Miller (illustrator)
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“The Show Must Go On is about a Showman’s site, or a yard, as they will often call them. Developers want to gentrify it, but the older man who owns it does not want this to happen. It doesn’t matter how much money, it’s his home, it’s the family’s home. The protagonist is a girl called Mary Ann who starts a campaign, and all the neighbours and everybody come together to make sure the redevelopment doesn’t happen.” Read more...
Richard O'Neill, Children's Author