The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen Deborah Abela (Random House) From the author of the great Max Remy series comes this wonderful new book about Aurelie Bonhoffen, a 12 year old girl who is born into a family of entertainers. They live at their delightful seaside pier but rising taxes and a nasty trickster mayor who wants to destroy the pier so that a luxury hotel development can be built on the pier makes life very unpleasant. And there is also the evil school headmistress Mrs Farnhumple who causes Aurelie to be removed from her family so that all the family will be removed from the pier. Then on Aurelie's 12th birthday the most remarkable family secret is revealed that will help Aurelie and her family survive.I loved this story and hope there is more!
The Zoo of Magical and Mythological Creatures Sam Bowring (Pan Macmillan) Twelve-year-old Zackary is the youngest child in the royal family and he is proving to be a great disappointment. Whatever tutor is engaged to instruct him proves unsuccessful so he is set to the castle administrator Barnabas. He sends Zackary on an errand to the Zoo of Magical and Mythological Creatures and here Zackary finds his calling as the assistant to the zoo's sorcerer. The zoo's creatures are extraordinary but when the zoo is about to take delivery of the famous and vicious creature it is Zackary who solves a mystery, foils the plot to destroy the creature and most importantly is acclaimed by his family!
Lightning Strikes
These two books are part of the Lightning Strikes series of fast-paced great reads for reluctant readers latching onto short chapter books.
Freaky Sue Whiting (Walker Books)
City kid Jayden is forced to stay with his totally cactus-mad country loving aunt and uncle and their computer geek son. But when the group visit the local botanical gardens and purchase an exotic and extremely rare cactus plant Jayden gets the shivers and knows things are not quite right. The freakiness soon begins because this cactus is a rare and dangerous plant that houses tarantula eggs which stay dormant for years until there is heavy rain. and when Jayden’s uncle asks him to water the newly planted cactus erupts with horrific results.
The Meteorite Kid Carol Faulkner (Walker Books)
Morgan takes a stunning catch at the baseball finals. unfortunately it wasn’t a ball. Something blue and solid has fallen from the sky into her grasp and it is Morgan's job to protect this blue meteorite that everyone in town wants to see. what is the object that has strange powers over anyone who touches it (except Morgan), what is sending Morgan messages that only she can see, can she hide it from inquisitive reporters, can she look after it until ....
Lightning Strikes
These two books are part of the Lightning Strikes series of fast-paced great reads for reluctant readers latching onto short chapter books.
Freaky Sue Whiting (Walker Books)City kid Jayden is forced to stay with his totally cactus-mad country loving aunt and uncle and their computer geek son. But when the group visit the local botanical gardens and purchase an exotic and extremely rare cactus plant Jayden gets the shivers and knows things are not quite right. The freakiness soon begins because this cactus is a rare and dangerous plant that houses tarantula eggs which stay dormant for years until there is heavy rain. and when Jayden’s uncle asks him to water the newly planted cactus erupts with horrific results.
The Meteorite Kid Carol Faulkner (Walker Books)Morgan takes a stunning catch at the baseball finals. unfortunately it wasn’t a ball. Something blue and solid has fallen from the sky into her grasp and it is Morgan's job to protect this blue meteorite that everyone in town wants to see. what is the object that has strange powers over anyone who touches it (except Morgan), what is sending Morgan messages that only she can see, can she hide it from inquisitive reporters, can she look after it until ....
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