AustLit

'In this book, the fourth in the series, poor Stagnant Swamp State School and wealthy Snodgrass Hill Private College experience a reversal in fortunes, all thanks to Simon Smithers. Stagnant Swamp State School is unexpectedly rolling in money after Simon strikes oil whilst out ice eel fishing on the swamp. Join Mr Creechley and Simon as they set about the exhausting task of trying to spend two hundred million dollars on useful and important things. Should they buy a Formula 1 racing circuit, the Mona Lisa, a submarine, a jet plane or a fleet of gold-plated limousines? Why not all of the above? And let's throw in a belly-button fluff consultant and a cola-spewing toad-shaped drinking fountain for good measure. But who is plotting against Mr Creechley, and will they manage to kill him off before all the cash is spent? Includes cartoon illustrations.' (Publication summary)