Trouble Next Door

ISBN-13: 9781408868836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 144 str.

Chris Higgins

Opis

From much loved author Chris Higgins and acclaimed illustrator Emily MacKenzie comes a charming new young fiction series about friendship. Bella has just moved into a new house. It's old and dark and she's sure there's a ghost in the attic! But things look up when she meets her new next-door neighbour Magda. Magda is lots of fun! She's bubbly and full of imagination and can even turn cartwheels! Soon they are best friends. But Magda is also trouble! She breaks Bella's mum's best tea set, wrecks Bella's room and covers the whole living room in soot. And somehow makes sure Bella gets the blame for everything. Bella is going to have watch out because there's Trouble Next Door!

O autorze

Chris Higgins started her author career writing for teenagers and young adults. She has won a number of awards including Young Minds, the Lancashire Book Award, the Lincolnshire Young People's Book Award, the KYBA, and she has been shortlisted twice for Queen of Teen. In 2012, Chris turned her hand to writing young fiction. Her My Funny Family series was published with great success with the first book being selected for Booktrust's Bookbuzz scheme.Chris Higgins has four daughters and is rapidly acquiring a whole bunch of grandchildren even though she feels far too young to be a granny. She has travelled the world extensively and now lives in West Cornwall with her husband. Emily MacKenzie is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer who graduated from Edinburgh College of Art. She is the illustrator of several much-loved picture books, including Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar (nominated for the Scottish BookTrust Children's Book Award). She works mainly with ink, digital collage and screen-printing, drawing on childhood memories, an inquisitive nature and a vivid imagination. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and young family. http://www.emilymackenzie.co.uk/