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Kensy & Max #5
Freefall
Back at Alexandria with their friend Curtis Pepper visiting, Kensy and Max are enjoying the school break. Especially when Granny Cordelia surprises them with a trip to America! It's meant to be a family vacation but the twins soon realise there's more to this holiday than meets the eye – the chase for Dash Chalmers is on!
220 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 3, 2020
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About the author
Jacqueline Harvey
133 books308 followersJacqueline 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
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
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May 13, 2024
I honestly didn't remember a lot about this series when I started reading this book a couple of weeks ago. - I had read the book at the beginning of last year, so the details had escaped my mind - I remembered loving it, and I remembered the main characters, but that was it...until I read the first page. Everything came flooding back to me! Action! Adventure! Suspense! This book did not disappoint! It was just as thrilling as the ones before it! I can't wait to read the sixth book! If you love espionage and spy-related books, then this series is for you!
Summary--- Kensy and Max are having a blast with their friend, Curtis, at Alexandria. When their granny suddenly has them packing for a trip to New York that's supposed to be leisurely, the twins and Curtis have a hunch that there's more to this 'vacation' than granny's letting on. With another criminal on the loose, who can they trust?
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Summary--- Kensy and Max are having a blast with their friend, Curtis, at Alexandria. When their granny suddenly has them packing for a trip to New York that's supposed to be leisurely, the twins and Curtis have a hunch that there's more to this 'vacation' than granny's letting on. With another criminal on the loose, who can they trust?
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May 22, 2023
Each one of these is better than the last. As a kid, it would be great fun to read these books with all the spying, gadgets, and adventure.
I am constantly disappointed with the parents. They're barely involved in the life of their kids despite being away from them for so long. Their careers are treated as more important than their family, and the kids are more tightly bonded to Song and Fritz. I hate how that's treated as normal and fine.
Other than that, great fun!
I am constantly disappointed with the parents. They're barely involved in the life of their kids despite being away from them for so long. Their careers are treated as more important than their family, and the kids are more tightly bonded to Song and Fritz. I hate how that's treated as normal and fine.
Other than that, great fun!
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February 8, 2022Great continuation of this great series. The characters are so much fun , the story creative and interesting but still appropriate for kiddos ! We are enjoying this series as a read aloud with my 12 and 14 year old kiddos. They especially enjoy decoding the chapter titles as we go along.
July 19, 2020
Definately my favourite K&M so far :)
January 25, 2022
This series our family read-alouds.
#5 Freefall was our favorite to date.
Can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
#5 Freefall was our favorite to date.
Can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
April 5, 2024
It was very VERY GOOD!!
April 3, 2025
Loving these books a good stepping stone from kids stories into teen stories.
May 21, 2025
Good to see Curtis, and finally finishing main conflicts from previous books. Felt like there was a lot of additional plots taht didn't need to be there like Song.
January 17, 2022
Kenzy and Max are twins and they are spies. They went to New York because their Grandma was winning an award. They think it is going to be a fun vacation, but then they find out that Dash Chalmers is in New York. He’s a bad guy! He gets one of his associates to kidnap Kenzy and Max. Now they have to capture Dash, but they need help! Kenzy and Max bring in Curtis Pepper who has a special backpack with everything you could possibly need it in to solve the case.
The climax of the story is when Kenzy and Max’s Grandma gets kidnapped by Dash, and he holds her hostage. Dash tells Grandma he has to give him his children back (she took them away in a previous book because he was using them for his evil plans).
This whole time, Uncle Rupert and the butler, Song, are being weird. Every time there is danger, Song is nowhere to be found. Uncle Rupert isn’t telling Kenzy and Max important information. Now they don’t know who they can trust.
In the end, Grandma poisons Dash, and he dies. They find out that Song actually has a girlfriend, and that’s why he was disappearing. Uncle Rupert wasn’t telling them all the facts because Grandma Cordelia wanted him to protect the kids and keep them out of danger.
Overall, I really loved this book! There was lots of action and it kept me wanting to turn the page! My favorite part was when Cordelia said Song was astrophobic (I don’t really know what that means, but I will look it up!) Song almost scared Cordelia to death during a storm when he was hiding in the laundry basket. I’m still laughing as I write this. Hilarious! Mom says “maybe you just had to be there to think it’s soooo funny!” I guess maybe you will have to read it too so you will love the book as much as I did. I added to mom’s stack of books to read.
The climax of the story is when Kenzy and Max’s Grandma gets kidnapped by Dash, and he holds her hostage. Dash tells Grandma he has to give him his children back (she took them away in a previous book because he was using them for his evil plans).
This whole time, Uncle Rupert and the butler, Song, are being weird. Every time there is danger, Song is nowhere to be found. Uncle Rupert isn’t telling Kenzy and Max important information. Now they don’t know who they can trust.
In the end, Grandma poisons Dash, and he dies. They find out that Song actually has a girlfriend, and that’s why he was disappearing. Uncle Rupert wasn’t telling them all the facts because Grandma Cordelia wanted him to protect the kids and keep them out of danger.
Overall, I really loved this book! There was lots of action and it kept me wanting to turn the page! My favorite part was when Cordelia said Song was astrophobic (I don’t really know what that means, but I will look it up!) Song almost scared Cordelia to death during a storm when he was hiding in the laundry basket. I’m still laughing as I write this. Hilarious! Mom says “maybe you just had to be there to think it’s soooo funny!” I guess maybe you will have to read it too so you will love the book as much as I did. I added to mom’s stack of books to read.
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April 15, 2020
this Book is awesome.
The death of Dash, new pharos agents, this book is the best one in the series so far. Woohooo for Jacqueline Harvey!
The death of Dash, new pharos agents, this book is the best one in the series so far. Woohooo for Jacqueline Harvey!
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