The Week Junior UK - Issue 189, 27 July 2019

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27 July 2019•The Week Junior

Whetherglitzy,glamorous,strangeor

sinister,allthesestoriestake placeinh otels.

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Sea-ingIsBelieving!

by Steven Butler

and StevenLenton

(Simon&Schuster)

In the thirdtale about the Nothing to

See HereHotel for magical creatures,

Frankie and hisfamily arepreparing tocelebrate

Grandad Abraham’s175th birthday.They’re

planningaparty in the secret underwater wing

of the hotel–but soon Frankierealises that there’s

somethingabit fishy going on.

Malamander

by ThomasTaylor

(Walker Books)

HerbertLemon is theLost-and-

Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel

in Eerie-on-Sea. It’shis job toreturn

lost things to their rightful owners–but this time

the lost thing isagirl, VioletParma, whose

parentsvanished 12 years ago.Could their

disappearancehave anything to do with the

town’slegendary seamonster,the Malamander?

Nevermoor:TheTrials

ofMorriganCrow

by JessicaTownsend

(HachetteChildren’s Books)

In this enchantingfantasy,Morrigan

Crow is whisked away at midnight on

her 11th birthday toanew home at

the magical Hotel Deucalion inasecret citycalled

Nevermoor.Hereshe learns that she is tocompete

for aplaceint he city’smost prestigious club: the

Wundrous Society.

Secret sofaT eenageHeiress

by Katy Birchall

(Egmont)

Flick’sfamily have owned the

prestigiousLondon hotel The Royale

for generations.Yeteven with her

Instagram-famous pet dachshund Fritz at her side,

beingateen hotel heiress isn’t alwayseasy –

especially when you have tocope with everything

fromcelebrity guests to selfie disasters.

TheLastChanceHotel

by Nicki Thornton

(Chicken House)

Seth leadsamiserable life as a

kitchen boy at the very peculiar Last

ChanceHotel, and things get worse

whenamurder takes placeand suspicionfalls on

Seth. With the help of Nightshade the kitchencat,

canhesolve the mystery and clear his name?

BOOKOFTHE

ASKTHEAUTHOR

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by Lorraine Cink and

(Studio Press)

Be inspired by some o

amazing women from

Universe in this illust

You’ll find out more

favourite female Marvel characters –

fromrece nt stars of the big screen, such

as Captain Marvel, Black Widow,

Valkyrie and Gamora, to beloved

comic-book characters likeSquirrel

Girl. Each profile is illustrated with

afabulous portrait by artist AliceX

Zhang, and thereare also funfacts

about the superheroes’ animal

companions, best friends and the

mentors they admire. As well as

sharing lots of information and stories,

writerLorraine Cinkexplores whateach

of these womencanteach us about

bravery,growth and the true meaning

of strength. Marvel superfans will love

this inspiring and empoweringread.

Who is yourfavourite

superhero?

In rece nt years, Squirrel Girl

has become especially near

and dear to my heart. She

solves problems with her

head and her heart, offering

empathy beforeever using

her fists or tail. Plus, she’s

hilarious! It also doesn’t hurt

that we lookabit alike.

What is the most

superhero-likething

you’ve ever done?

Volunteering. Over the years

I’ve done things likepaint

park benches, andrece ntly

Ibecameamentor for the

first time.Aheroisdefined

by seeing those who need

help and then taking action.

Youdon’t need superpowers

to beasuperhero.

LorraineCink

ThePowersofaGirlauthoronherloveof

mathsandherveryownsuperpower.

TenderEarth

by SitaBrahmachari

“I love it so much because it

addressed all the things we need to

do to fix this world and made me

want to march. This book is also

very relatable.Imet the author and

you cantell that she put her heart

and soul into it.Iwas super

interested and amazed by how

awesome this bookwas. Please,

pleaseread the book because it

wasabsolutely amazing.”

READ ERSRECOMMEND

Name:PopJamuser

Whatwasyour favourite

subject in school? Why?

WhenIwas very small,Ireally

loved maths. Myfather would

teach me small equations and

it’show we bonded. AsIgot

olderIgrewtolove English,

history and drama–which in

manyways ar eall the same

thing. They areall dramatic

tales of the past.

If youcould live on one

food forthe rest of your

lifewhat would it be?

I’m over 30, so while I’d love

to eatice cre

nachos for eve

meal, I’d feel

ultimately

terrible.Let’s

go for nicebig

salad. Health

means wealt

fa it

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