Mystic Forest

Star Friends #9

by Linda Chapman, Kim Barnes (Illustrator)

In this newest installment of the Star Friends series, Mia and her friends Lexi, Violet, and Sita go on a camping trip. But when strange things start happening, the girls suspect that there's some kind of magic at work. Can they figure out what it is? With black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Mia, Lexi, Sita, and Violet are going to a forest camp for the weekend. Violet isn't too excited about being in the woods, but the other girls reassure her that it will be fun. There's going to be so many fun activities, from tent-building to going on scavenger hunts. And it's going to be even better with their Star Animals! Then strange things start happening, and the girls wonder if there could possibly be some kind of magic at work. Can they figure out what it is? With black-and-white illustrations throughout.

In the Star Friends chapter book series, Mia and her friends Lexi, Sita, and Violet all discover that they are Star Friends -- they can communicate with the animals that have traveled from the Star World. The animals show the girls how to use their unique magic abilities to do good. A whole world of magical adventures awaits!

Genres: Fantasy

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 2, 2023

About the author

Linda Chapman was born in Liverpool in 1969. She had many different jobs before becoming a full-time writer in 1999 including working as a theatre stage manager, a dog trainer, a bookseller, a nanny, a teacher and a research assistant. She has written over 300 books for children, some under her own name, others under different names and she often collaborates with other authors. She is currently writing books with Julie Sykes and they are co-authors on the NYT bestselling Unicorn Academy series as well as Mermaid Academy, Forever Homes and Pocket Unicorns. Linda lives in Leicestershire with her husband, three children, two horses and three dogs. She has written many different series including: My Secret Unicorn, Star Friends, Best Friends Bakery, Stardust, Skating School and, most recently, Magic Keepers and Moonlight Riders.

Reviews

[Heeva Rohani · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can’t believe that Monkey was geniyan spirit from the Realm of Light. The monkey thinks he is helping but he is not!!! Because he is poisoning everybody.🐒🐵🙈🙉🙊

[Erietta · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book
Expect from being repetitive
Nothing special here
We all know Maia is the only one who should be main character here
Really nice book series for kids!!

[Nicole Temple · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read a loud with my girls. They liked parts of it but it didn’t hold their attention the whole time.

[Izzie Wolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

love this series ❤️

[Efox · Rating 3 out of 5]

More Star Friends love at our house. This time the friend are off for an overnight camping adventure, and things start going horribly wrong - as usual. However, it's not shades, but it's still causing chaos.

Not sure what it was about this one, maybe it hew a little too close to the previous story arch - where people are trying to do good but ending up doing bad (which honestly Hidden Charm remains one of my kids most favorite in the entire series and we've re-read it multiple times) or maybe it was that they haven't been to camp and found it less relatable than school/home life. Overall they were still really into it and found it fun.

[Cute Rabbit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maia is going on a camping trip with her friends where she and her friends realise weird things are going on at camp.Their boots are going missing & and the shelter gets destroyed.The girls soon realise that it could be the work of a shade.However they have got it wrong and it isn't because of a shade but a jenyian spirit that is from the realm of light.The girls work together to try and send it back to the realm of light and their plans succeed and they send it back and are able to spend the rest of their time at camp happily.