Mary-anne Scott is the author of seven books for young adults.

Browse her novels below and follow the links to purchase.

The Mess Of Our Lives

‘It’s not one cobweb; it’s everything. There’s no food and nowhere to cook, it’s filthy and cold and we can’t walk or sit in our own goddamn house. We go sideways like crabs through narrow spaces. You see treasures – we see papers and crap, mice droppings and cockroaches.’

Blackmail And Lies

“Life is harsh, Finn, face it. It’s a great big game of snakes and ladders. Duggie has slid down a snake and you’ve been given the chance to climb a ladders.”

Winner of the Teenage Choice award in 2013 for the NZ Post Book Awards.
Short-listed for 2013 LIANZA  awards.

The Tomo

“I’m too busy to babysit, so I hope you and that mongrel are up for the job.”

Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award 2022 Finalist

Fantastic Mr Bean

‘I’ve got the part!’ Lachie called as soon as he saw his mother after school. ‘I’m Mr Fox.’

‘That’s wonderful,’ Mum said. ‘Fantastic.’

Fantastic Mr Bean is a delightful story for younger readers which celebrates the tale of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox. The lines between acting and real life become confused for Lachie as he performs his first lead role in the school play.

Spearo

As Mason strode along beside Sean, he said, ‘People kill a hundred million sharks each year.’
‘Oh.’
‘Sometimes they don’t kill them,’ Mason continued, ‘They just cut off the fins so the sharks are left to die.’
Sean nodded. ‘My father used to say, quite often it’s the humans who are the animals.’

Wolf could never have imagined that fresh pig turd would get him excited, but once he’d knelt down beside Jem and felt the warmth of the black piles, he high-fived and laughed. A pig-hunting adventure for ages 10-15

Sticking With Pigs

Wolf could never have imagined that fresh pig turd would get him excited, but once he’d knelt down beside Jem and felt the warmth of the black piles, he high-fived and laughed.

Shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2018

Short-listed for the NZ Mountain Books fiction Awards, 2018

Storylines Notable Book Award recipient, 2019

‘You’re seventeen, left school, scarred for life,’ Dad said, pointing to Elliot’s tattoo, ‘and living off us like a child.’A story for 10-15 year olds. New Zealand’s first story written from a teen dad’s perspective. Recipient of a Storylines Notab…

Coming Home To Roost

‘You’re seventeen, left school, scarred for life,’ Dad said, pointing to Elliot’s tattoo, ‘and living off us like a child.’

New Zealand’s first story written from a teen dad’s perspective.


Recipient of a Storylines Notable Book award, Young Adult fiction category 2017.
Short listed for 2017 NZ Children’s and Young Adult book awards.