The Week Junior UK – 24 August 2019

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24 August 2019•The Week Junior

Thesestoriesall featurelighthouses

overlooking the wildwaves.

5

books set in

lighthouses

Letters from the Lighthouse

by Emma Carroll

(Faber Children’s)

It’s1941, and 12-year-old Olive and

her younger brother have been

evacuated to the Devoncoast, away

from the bombsfalling onLondon during the

SecondWorld War. They findanew home with

local lighthousekeeper Mr Ephraim–but before

long, Olive finds herself mixed up inadark and

dangerous mystery.

FiveGotoDemon’sRocks

by Enid Blyton

(HachetteChildren’s Books)

While staying inalighthouse, Anne,

Dick, George, Julian and Timothy

discover an old andvaluable goldcoin.

Could it be part of thefamous lost treasureof

Demon’sRocks? TheFamous Five aredetermined

to find out–but they aren’t the only ones hunting

for the treasure.

Our Castlebythe Sea

by LucyStrange

(Chicken House)

In this SecondWorld Warmystery

from the author ofTheSecretof

NightingaleWood,Pet and herfamily

live inalighthouse. Whenwarisd eclared,

however,everything changes. Now thereare

aeroplanes overhead, andPet’speaceful life is

turned upside down.

Lampie and the Children of the Sea

by Annet Schaap.

Translatedby LauraWatkinson

(Pushkin Press)

Every evening, Lampie the

lighthousekeeper’sdaughter has to

light alantern towarn ships away from therocks.

However,when the lantern goes out one stormy

night, disaster strikes,aship is wrecked–and a

magical adventurebegins.

The Bad Luck Lighthouse

by Nicki Thornton

(Chicken House)

In the sinister sequel to the

award-winning mystery storyThe

Last Chance Hotel,SethSeppi must

investigateghostlygoings-onatt he remote

Snakesmouth Lighthouse. Eccentric owner

Mina Mintencress has been murdered, and it’s

down to Seth and hiscatNightshade to find out

who isresponsible.

BOOK OF THE WEEK

ASKTHE AUTHOR

Mabel Mynt is obsessed with spa

–her bedroom is decorated with

constellations, and even hercatis

named Jupiter! She lives with her

and her older sister,TerribleTopaz

(whom she’d sometimes quite li

send intoablack hole). Then the

Mum’snew boyfriend, Galactic G

who is spending moreand more

with thefamily.Asf or Mabel, she

trying to findaway to fill the spac

her heart that dad left behind when

he walked out.Told from Mabel’spoint

of view,this isaheart-warmingread

aboutcoping with loss, managing

worries and the importanceof

kindness. It’safunny and thoughtful

story withasprinkling of stardust.

id you learn anything

om writing this book?

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ndnesscosts nothing, so we

ould be kind to others, but

ve also learned that we

ould be kind to ourselves

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rselves.We all do our best

d our best is good enough.

What do you admiremost

bout Mabel’sfamily?

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other and argue at times, but

whatIadmiremost about

them is their love for one

another.They’vecome

through some emotionally

difficult times, but deep

down they haveastrong

bond that is unbreaka ble.

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Dork Diaries:Tales from

aNot-So-Fabulous Life

by RachelRenée Russell

“This book series isexcellent, it puts

you in the shoes ofagirl who is

experiencingabully.She has the

mean girl on her tail and then she

discovers she hasacrush.”

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by LaraWilliamson

(Usborne Publishing)