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The Lost Uncle and the Elixir of Life
When they stumble across a one-hundred-year-old journal detailing the disappearance of their Uncle Cecil, the Baldwin family set off for Sri Lanka in search of the truth.
Had he gone in search of the butterfly flower with its magical healing powers? As the trail goes cold, so fate lends a helping hand, and what they discover is a land beyond their wildest dreams. But when things go horribly wrong, Charlie and Lizzie need to draw on all their courage; the fate of an entire civilization lies in their hands!
Had he gone in search of the butterfly flower with its magical healing powers? As the trail goes cold, so fate lends a helping hand, and what they discover is a land beyond their wildest dreams. But when things go horribly wrong, Charlie and Lizzie need to draw on all their courage; the fate of an entire civilization lies in their hands!
255 pages, Paperback
Published September 24, 2024
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Christopher Stevens
68 books11 followersChristopher Stevens is a widely published writer and journalist. His biography of Kenneth Williams, Born Brilliant, was abridged as a Radio Four Book of the Week, and shortlisted for the Sheridan Morley Theatre Biography prize. His celebration of the fathers of classic sitcom, Galton & Simpson, was launched at the National Theatre on London's South Bank and led to the premiere performance of a lost comedy masterpiece, The Day Off, which he discovered.
His memoir, A Real Boy, was hailed as "incredibly moving" by the Sun. For the past 15 years, Christopher Stevens has been a senior sub-editor at the Observer, Britain's oldest and most respected Sunday newspaper. He has also written for newspapers and magazines from Hello! to the Telegraph, and been interviewed more than 50 times for television and radio about his books, including keynote appearances on NPR and CNN. - from book bio.
His memoir, A Real Boy, was hailed as "incredibly moving" by the Sun. For the past 15 years, Christopher Stevens has been a senior sub-editor at the Observer, Britain's oldest and most respected Sunday newspaper. He has also written for newspapers and magazines from Hello! to the Telegraph, and been interviewed more than 50 times for television and radio about his books, including keynote appearances on NPR and CNN. - from book bio.
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February 4, 2025
My uncles second book! Fab sequel, wonder what i’ll get up to in the next one👀
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