Operation Bunny
by:
Sally Gardner (author)
Emily Vole makes headline news in the first weeks of her life, when she is found in an abandoned hatbox in Stansted Airport. Then, only a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily a mysterious inheritance: an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget. It's...
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Emily Vole makes headline news in the first weeks of her life, when she is found in an abandoned hatbox in Stansted Airport. Then, only a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily a mysterious inheritance: an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget. It's the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime as the old Fairy Detective Agency comes back to life. It is up to Emily to reopen the shop, and recall the fairies to duty. Together they must embark on their first mystery and do battle with their great fairy-snatching enemy, Harpella.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781444003727 (1444003720)
Publish date: October 4th 2012
Publisher: Orion Childrens Books
Pages no: 185
Edition language: English
Series: Wings & Co (#1)
This was a hoot. I read it aloud to my seven year old daughter at bedtime over four nights, and we loved it enough that I ordered the next two from the UK. (This comes out in February from Macmillan.) In brief: infant Emily Vole is found in a hatbox in an airport, and adopted by two shallow people...
What a wonderful, delightful little book! It was really funny, magical and lovely to read. I really do hope there will be more books about Emily Vole and the magic store.