Alice-Miranda to the Rescue

Alice-Miranda #13

by Jacqueline Harvey

It’s the start of term at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale, and Alice-Miranda and her friends are over the moon to learn about one of the school’s new charity projects—they are going to become the proud carers of a dog rescued from a nearby pound! To add to the excitement, there are whispers of a wedding between their two favorite teachers. Meanwhile, the local village is about to host the country’s largest dog show—however, at the last moment the grounds are deemed unfit for competition. The school is called upon as a replacement venue, and preparations head into overdrive. Along with the dog show come a number of bizarre characters—some are strange, while some are just downright unpleasant. While walking the school’s new dog, Alice-Miranda and Millie stumble upon something very worrying and will have to act fast in order to save the day!

Genres: Childrens

336 pages, Paperback

First published August 8, 2019

About the author

Jacqueline Harvey has combined a successful career in education with her love of a good story. She is the author of many novels for younger readers and a picture book, THE SOUND OF THE SEA, which was awarded Honour Book in the 2006 Australian Children’s Book Council Awards.

Jacqueline taught in Infants and Primary schools and was Deputy Head of Abbotsleigh Junior School (an independent day and boarding school for girls) in Sydney Australia for seven and a half years before taking up the position of Director of Development at Abbotsleigh in 2010. In October 2012 she resigned to become a full time writer and speaker.

Jacqueline’s bestselling Alice-Miranda and Clementine Rose series’ centre on the adventures of two young girls.

Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones is a perpetually positive and determined seven year old who takes herself off to boarding school because it appeals to her sense of adventure.

Clementine Rose is a sweet little girl, who brings much joy to her family and the friends she makes along the way in her journeys through the first five books of the series. A star of the show is Clementine Rose’s pet, an adorable teacup pig called Lavender.

Her newest series is called Kensy and Max about twins who learn that their grandmother is head of the world's most important spy organisation, Pharos.

Current Books in the Series’
Clementine Rose and the Seaside Escape April 1, 2014 Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) 2015

Alice-Miranda In Japan March 1, 2014 Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) 2015

Alice-Miranda Shines Bright September 1, 2013
Selected for the 2013 Get Reading Program (50 Books You Can’t Put down)

Clementine Rose and the Perfect Present May 1, 2013

Clementine Rose and the Farm Fiasco August 1, 2013

Alice-Miranda In Paris March 1, 2013
Shortlisted 2014 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year 8-14 years category
Shortlisted 2014 REAL awards which are the Children’s’ Choice awards KOALA’s in NSW, YABBA’s in Victoria and COOL in the ACT.

Clementine Rose and the Pet Day Disaster January 1, 2012

Alice-Miranda in New York February 1, 2012
Winner Random House Australia Children’s Book of the Year

Clementine Rose and the Surprise Visitor September 1, 2012
Selected for the 2012 Get Reading Program (50 Books You Can't Put Down)
Voted #50 Dymocks Top 51 Kid’s Books 2013

Alice-Miranda Shows the Way August 1, 2012
Shortlisted for 2013 REAL awards which are the Children’s’ Choice awards KOALA’s in NSW, YABBA’s in Victoria and COOL in the ACT
Awarded Honour Book KOALA awards

Alice-Miranda At Sea August 1, 2012
Longlisted for DAVITT awards (Crime fiction in Junior Category) 2012

Alice-Miranda Takes the Lead February 1, 2011
Named Australian Children's Book of the Year 2011 as voted by the members of the NSW Independent Booksellers Group.


Alice-Miranda On Holiday August 1, 2010

Alice-Miranda at School February 1, 2010
Voted #9 Dymocks Top 51 Books for Kids 2013
Winner 2012 YABBA (Young Australian's Best Book Award in Victoria)
Awarded Honour Book KOALAs
Shortlisted for 2012 REAL awards which are the Children’s Choice Awards – KOALA’s in NSW, YABBA’s in Victoria, WAYRBA in Western Australia and COOL in the ACT
Shortlisted for the 2011 Australian Peace Award.

Kensy and Max: Breaking News March 2018 Shortlisted for Red Dot Book Awards Singapore 2020, YABBA, KOALA and KROC Children's Choice Awards Victoria, NSW and NT 202, Shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Awards 2020

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow,Wow,WOW!! So adventurous and thrilling, highly recommend this book to people of all ages.

[Eden Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alice and her friends are very skillful, Alice herself is a smart girl.

I belive this book has many positive messeges (like 'you can do it' or 'belive in yourself')
The book also focases on otherr characers, such as Miss Grimm and Mr Grump or Danial and Becca.

[Debra Clewer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first of Jacqueline Harvey’s books I have read since hearing her as a key speaker at a children’s conference. Amidst a whole host of chaos, pranks and misconduct there is to be a wedding between 2 teachers. Just to throw a spanner in the works, there a last-minuted change of venue required for the annual dog show. Jacqueline Harvey has done a superb job with the amount of pandemonium going on! I particularly enjoyed her character descriptions, having been briefly involved with both dog and cat show people. They might seem over the top, but definitely not! I’m wondering whether the aptly nicknamed Nosey Myrtle Parker isn’t a little based on a certain television dowager, famous for her candlelight suppers? The protagonist Alice Miranda (who sports a four-barrelled name), is savvy, caring and helpful, as are her friends. With a sad story, an opportunistic older army man, two blundering thieves and lots of ties to those who both show and breed dogs, this is an engaging and fun story for the Middle-Age readership bracket.
The one thing I wasn’t fussed with was the references to people without using their names i.e. “the child” or “the girl.” This felt rather impersonal to me. Although the person’s name had been mentioned in the paragraph or the sentence, I felt it would have been better to continue using the character’s name throughout.

[Tiarna Georghiou]

Delightful as always!

[Veronica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it and the new characters were amazing.