Pigeon Problems

Sword Girl #6

by Frances Watts, Gregory Rogers (Illustrator)

The sixth adventure for Tommy in the Sword Girl series

It's Lady Beatrix's birthday, and Sir Walter is planning a celebration at Flamant Castle. There will be games and competitions and a big surprise party. Everyone at the castle is excited . . . except the pigeon. But the pigeon is needed for a very special job—and when he goes missing, it looks like Sir Walter's plans will be ruined. Can Tommy find her friend and save the celebrations?

124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Frances Watts was born in Switzerland and grew up in Australia. She has published 20 books for children, including picture books and books for younger readers, including Goodnight Mice!, the winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Award for Children’s Fiction, and 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia award-winner Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books. Her latest book, The Raven’s Wing, is her first novel for young adults. Frances lives in Sydney and divides her time between writing and editing.

Reviews

[Amina (ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴰ) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Last book in the Sword Girl series, I really got attached to Tommy and her friends and even to Sir Benedict!
In this book, Sir Walter the Bold is preparing his wife's birthday, he decided there will be three days of games, knights, squires and the castle people would have their share.
Tommy was to compete as a squire, sword fighting,horse racing, archery.
During this week of preparations, the pigeon had some problems, and as always, Tommy would do her best to help him, even giving up on the first place and the beautiful silver sword prize.

[Mella · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's Lady Beatrix's birthday and to celebrate, Sir Walter is throwing a party filled with games and entertainment and competition for all to compete in. Pigeon is also feeling left out when it seems Sir Walter has adopted a falcon chick. The one was alright, not as much action as the last two. I liked Mrs Moon practising for the egg and spoon race and that Lady Beatrix the Bored gets into the sack race. But it was a bit boring otherwise. 2 stars for me. 3.5 for the target audience.

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is book 6 and the final book in the Sword Girl series. I read this aloud to my 4 year old daughter and 6 year old son as a bedtime story over a few nights. My son really enjoyed predicting what he thought was going to happen next and got very excited when he was right. He was glad when Tommy stopped to look for the pidgeon because "friends are more important than winning". Both kids were sad to hear that this was the last book in the series and they would both like to read them all again one day.