Author(s): PHOEBE MCARTHUR

Fiction

AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR Lucy is spending the holidays with her grandparents at an old house near a loch. Thomas the cat disappears on the train trip there and Lucy is frantic. Taking advice from her spell book and a talking library, Lucy casts a spell to find him. But when she does there's something different about him Can Lucy Newton solve the mystery in her second magical adventure? A fabulous sequel to the popular Lucy Newton, Little Witch, also published by Christmas Press, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. AGES: 6 to 9 AUTHOR: Phoebe McArthur lives in a run-down, yet cosy cottage in the middle of nowhere. She's not at all lonely thanks to her four cats, three chooks, two guinea pigs and her extensive library. If she's not tipping cats off her lap as she writes stories, she's cooking all sorts of yummy food, such as scones with extra cream and homemade blackberry jam, or doing art at the table near the window, which has the best view of her garden. Her first book, Lucy Newton, Little Witch, was published in 2018 and was short listed for the 2019 Speech Pathology Awards. She has also published a middle-grade novel, Charlie Chaplin: The Usual Suspect, published by Eagle Books in July 2021. Sequel to 9780648194507 Lucy Newton, Little Witch