Elspeth and the Attack of the Arrunja-Thrunkun is a madcap tale about a twelve year old girl's adventure of a lifetime! It all begins when the young Queenslander, Elspeth Crewe, is ready to be shipped off to a prehistoric interstate boarding school.
The story takes place in Mr Perkins' sugarcane field and is littered with feisty, crazy and endearing characters. Elspeth meets a Calyptus called Sticks who shrinks her to the size of a grasshopper. When the Womma-neetees living in the field make a desperate plea for help against hideous bouncing monsters, Sticks and Elspeth set out on the greatest adventure of their lives, discovering friendship, community spirit and inner courage along the way.