A heart-warming story with a great girl-power message

A cheerful paean to books, big thighs and working hard to realise your dreams

Funny and touching

There are useful human life lessons here: create a team, Balding urges, delegate, do your research, believe in yourself, and magic ensues

Will inspire girls to aim high

Charlie is a feisty, funny girl who will appeal to pony-mad readers who'll devour all the inside knowledge of the equine world that Balding brings to her debut

Even better than its predecessor . . . Brilliant

These Agatha-Christie-indebted tales involve detective duo Daisy Wells and her sidekick Hazel Wong, wealthy schoolgirls from England and Hong Kong. In the first book, they investigated a murder at their boarding school. This time, Daisy's family's stately home - a hotbed of jealousy and greed - provides a rich cast of suspects when it's not just the cake candles that are snuffed out at a birthday tea party. Emotional conflict, logical deduction and the period setting make for an entertaining, nostalgic brainteaser

As irresistible and entertaining as the first. Just the thing to devour with a pot of tea and a plate of scones

How can you not want to read this book over and over again? How can you not want to share it with everyone you meet?

Mini Grey is as skilful as ever as she unravels a complex, tragic and very funny story through action-packed illustrations, captions and speech bubbles.

A gentle, entertaining story.

A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year—and it's an "Outstanding Merit" title!