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239 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
“Robbing’s our thing. That’s what we know how to do.”Maisie is kidnapped on the way to visiting her Grandma. This might sound like the beginning of a traumatic experience for Maisie but it turns out to be just the adventure she’s been looking for during the summer holidays.
I was their prisoner, the loot from a robbery, and so I tried to look glum. Whenever I remembered.Sweets are mentioned so much in this book that it’s possible you’ll get a sugar high just from reading. Kids will love the freedoms enjoyed by this family, who eat what they want when they want, can decide to go swimming on the spur of the moment and don’t have to do anything routine or normal, like work or attend school.