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Alice-Miranda Takes the Lead: 3
Alice-Miranda is thrilled to be back at school, where the girls are preparing a play with the neighbouring boys' school. But it's not all glitter and stage lights: there are rumours of a witch in the woods, and Jacinta and Millie are clashing with a rude new student, Sloane, and her pushy mother, September. September Sykes wants to win her family the fortune she's sure it deserves, but her scheme could end in disaster. When Alice-Miranda learns of the plot, she knows just how to set things right.
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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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July 9, 2022
Alice- Miranda books are fabulous
October 3, 2022
evil sloaneee!
I never realised how short slightly-evil Sloane’s arc was, but wow September was a piece of work
ALSO SEP AHHHH. I DO SHIP YOU-KNOW-WHO WITH AM BUT HOW DARE JACQUELINE WRITE SEP AS THE PRINCE AND AM AS SNOW WHITE AND NOT ASSUME WE’D SHIP THEM TWO (also we get the “I wish a girl like Alice Miranda was his sister” line from Sep soooo)
I’m useless at picturing characters in my mind (screw you lack of mind’s eye) but I don’t know why I imagine Sep to look like the male version of AM
is Sep blond like Sloane? or does he have brown hair? I will never know (though actually, I’ll probably keep an eye out now)
my 2022 reread so far!
1. Alice Miranda in Scotland (#17)
2. Alice Miranda in Egypt (#20)
3. Alice Miranda at School (#1)
4. Alice Miranda in Holiday (#2)
5. Alice Miranda Takes the Lead (#3)
I never realised how short slightly-evil Sloane’s arc was, but wow September was a piece of work
ALSO SEP AHHHH. I DO SHIP YOU-KNOW-WHO WITH AM BUT HOW DARE JACQUELINE WRITE SEP AS THE PRINCE AND AM AS SNOW WHITE AND NOT ASSUME WE’D SHIP THEM TWO (also we get the “I wish a girl like Alice Miranda was his sister” line from Sep soooo)
I’m useless at picturing characters in my mind (screw you lack of mind’s eye) but I don’t know why I imagine Sep to look like the male version of AM
is Sep blond like Sloane? or does he have brown hair? I will never know (though actually, I’ll probably keep an eye out now)
my 2022 reread so far!
1. Alice Miranda in Scotland (#17)
2. Alice Miranda in Egypt (#20)
3. Alice Miranda at School (#1)
4. Alice Miranda in Holiday (#2)
5. Alice Miranda Takes the Lead (#3)
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April 26, 2014
Buku yang ringan, menyenangkan, dan tambahan nilai moral yang baik dari alice. two thuumbs up for this book. i love the series. but i cant find the next series in indonesia. would someone gimme advice where can i fnd the next series one?
May 19, 2013
344 - 2013
January 4, 2023
Such a great book, definitely recommend, but make sure to read the first 2 in the series first or it wont make sense.
January 2, 2014
Alice-Miranda kembali menjejakkan kakinya di sekolah asrama Akademi Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale untuk Perempuan Muda Baik-baik. Semester baru akan dimulai dan ia sudah tidak sabar untuk bertemu teman-temannya sekaligus memulai sekolah. Kabar pertama yang diberikan oleh Miss Ophelia Grimm adalah akan ada anak baru yang nantinya sekamar dengan Jacinta. Baik Alice-Miranda, Jacinta, dan Millie menantikan anak baru itu dengan bersemangat.
Malam pertama di asrama, mereka menggelar rapat tengah malam. Rapat tengah malam itu merupakan tradisi yang dilakukan setiap tahun dan diadakan pada saat malam pertama setelah kembali ke sekolah. Tapi tidak seperti namanya, rapat tengah malam itu dilaksanakan pada pukul sembilan kurang seperempat saat anak-anak perempuan itu belum terlelap tidur. Dalam rapat itu, Medeline menceritakan tentang rumor adanya penyihir di hutan yang membuat Alice-Miranda penasaran.
Besoknya, teman sekamar Jacinta datang. Tapi tidak seperti yang disangka-sangka sebelumnya, Sloane Sykes memiliki tabiat buruk yang membuat Jacinta sebal padanya. Tapi Alice-Miranda yang baik, tidak pernah berprasangka buruk padanya.
Saat pulang dari acara berkuda bersama, Alice-Miranda terpisah dari teman-temannya dan mengambil arah jalan yang berbeda dari yang lain. Ia tiba di Griya Caledonia dan bertemu dengan sosok penyihir yang diisukan oleh orang-orang di sekolah. Namun ternyata, penyihir yang bernama Hephzibah tersebut tidak seperti yang diceritakan oleh orang-orang dan Alice-Miranda sangat senang jika berkunjung lagi ke Griya Caledonia di waktu yang lain.
Salah satu agenda lain Akademi Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale adalah menyelenggarakan pertunjukan teater bersama dengan Fayle, sekolah asrama khusus laki-laki. Di saat latihan, ia bisa bertemu calon sepupunya, Lucas dan juga kakak Sloane, Septimus yang tabiatnya bertolak belakang dengan Sloane. Beberapa misteri di Fayle terjadi, dan tanpa diduga semua misteri itu bukanlah tidak disengaja terjadi melainkan ada seseorang yang mengaturnya untuk kepentingan mereka sendiri.
"Aku senang berada di rumah, tapi ada begitu banyak hal yang terjadi di sini dan aku tak sabar mendengar apa rencana Miss Grimm untuk semester ini." - hal. 19
Ini adalah buku ketiga dari seri Alice-Miranda yang diterjemahkan diterbitkan oleh Little K. Sama seperti buku keduanya, buku ini ada sedikit unsur misteri yang sesuai porsinya untuk anak-anak. Dan yang pasti, buku ini juga sama serunya seperti buku keduanya.
Seperti biasa, sampul depannya bagus dan sepertinya kali ini Little K kembali menggunakan ilustrasi sampul aslinya sama seperti di buku pertamanya. Untuk terjemahannya pun bagus, saya sama sekali tidak menemukan salah kata. Ukuran dan jenis hurufnya pun pas karena sasaran pembaca buku ini adalah anak-anak.
Jika sudah terbiasa membaca buku seri ini dari pertama, semua tokoh yang ada tidak akan terlalu membuat pusing. Tambahan tokoh pun tidak begitu banyak, beberapa di antaranya berperan dalam membentuk buku ini menjadi bacaan yang seru dan membuat penasaran. Kalau pada buku pertama, kesan pertama yang didapatkan setelah mengenal Alice-Miranda itu dia adalah anak yang suka ikut campur. Dalam buku ketiga ini, kesan tersebut hilang dan saya menilai bahwa Alice-Miranda itu adalah seorang anak yang sangat peduli dengan masalah yang dialami oleh orang-orang di sekitarnya dan selalu berusaha membuat orang lain bahagia.
Review lengkap di sini: http://teatimeandbook.blogspot.com/20...
Malam pertama di asrama, mereka menggelar rapat tengah malam. Rapat tengah malam itu merupakan tradisi yang dilakukan setiap tahun dan diadakan pada saat malam pertama setelah kembali ke sekolah. Tapi tidak seperti namanya, rapat tengah malam itu dilaksanakan pada pukul sembilan kurang seperempat saat anak-anak perempuan itu belum terlelap tidur. Dalam rapat itu, Medeline menceritakan tentang rumor adanya penyihir di hutan yang membuat Alice-Miranda penasaran.
Besoknya, teman sekamar Jacinta datang. Tapi tidak seperti yang disangka-sangka sebelumnya, Sloane Sykes memiliki tabiat buruk yang membuat Jacinta sebal padanya. Tapi Alice-Miranda yang baik, tidak pernah berprasangka buruk padanya.
Saat pulang dari acara berkuda bersama, Alice-Miranda terpisah dari teman-temannya dan mengambil arah jalan yang berbeda dari yang lain. Ia tiba di Griya Caledonia dan bertemu dengan sosok penyihir yang diisukan oleh orang-orang di sekolah. Namun ternyata, penyihir yang bernama Hephzibah tersebut tidak seperti yang diceritakan oleh orang-orang dan Alice-Miranda sangat senang jika berkunjung lagi ke Griya Caledonia di waktu yang lain.
Salah satu agenda lain Akademi Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale adalah menyelenggarakan pertunjukan teater bersama dengan Fayle, sekolah asrama khusus laki-laki. Di saat latihan, ia bisa bertemu calon sepupunya, Lucas dan juga kakak Sloane, Septimus yang tabiatnya bertolak belakang dengan Sloane. Beberapa misteri di Fayle terjadi, dan tanpa diduga semua misteri itu bukanlah tidak disengaja terjadi melainkan ada seseorang yang mengaturnya untuk kepentingan mereka sendiri.
"Aku senang berada di rumah, tapi ada begitu banyak hal yang terjadi di sini dan aku tak sabar mendengar apa rencana Miss Grimm untuk semester ini." - hal. 19
Ini adalah buku ketiga dari seri Alice-Miranda yang diterjemahkan diterbitkan oleh Little K. Sama seperti buku keduanya, buku ini ada sedikit unsur misteri yang sesuai porsinya untuk anak-anak. Dan yang pasti, buku ini juga sama serunya seperti buku keduanya.
Seperti biasa, sampul depannya bagus dan sepertinya kali ini Little K kembali menggunakan ilustrasi sampul aslinya sama seperti di buku pertamanya. Untuk terjemahannya pun bagus, saya sama sekali tidak menemukan salah kata. Ukuran dan jenis hurufnya pun pas karena sasaran pembaca buku ini adalah anak-anak.
Jika sudah terbiasa membaca buku seri ini dari pertama, semua tokoh yang ada tidak akan terlalu membuat pusing. Tambahan tokoh pun tidak begitu banyak, beberapa di antaranya berperan dalam membentuk buku ini menjadi bacaan yang seru dan membuat penasaran. Kalau pada buku pertama, kesan pertama yang didapatkan setelah mengenal Alice-Miranda itu dia adalah anak yang suka ikut campur. Dalam buku ketiga ini, kesan tersebut hilang dan saya menilai bahwa Alice-Miranda itu adalah seorang anak yang sangat peduli dengan masalah yang dialami oleh orang-orang di sekitarnya dan selalu berusaha membuat orang lain bahagia.
Review lengkap di sini: http://teatimeandbook.blogspot.com/20...
June 20, 2025
Alice-Miranda didn't believe in witches. They were only in fairy stories.
This feels both big and small at the same time. There's a play. There's a conspiracy to make a school shut down. There's horse-riding and exploring large creepy manors. There's a new girl who fits Alethea Goldsworthy's shoes but if the shoes were a bit more scuffed. But don't get me wrong, I quite like Sloane. I remember her so well from Alice-Miranda at Sea, my first A-M book ever, so I always thought it so strikingly terrible how she ended up in her current predicament at her age (THEY DID THIS TO HER WHEN SHE WAS LIKE WHAT, 11???). But September Sykes is also endlessly entertaining and I can't get enough of it. I wanna say I do like this a bit more than the previous book but it's insanely hard to top off the whole last act in that one. So my sentiments is that I just look forward to delving into At Sea the second I get back to my library.
This feels both big and small at the same time. There's a play. There's a conspiracy to make a school shut down. There's horse-riding and exploring large creepy manors. There's a new girl who fits Alethea Goldsworthy's shoes but if the shoes were a bit more scuffed. But don't get me wrong, I quite like Sloane. I remember her so well from Alice-Miranda at Sea, my first A-M book ever, so I always thought it so strikingly terrible how she ended up in her current predicament at her age (THEY DID THIS TO HER WHEN SHE WAS LIKE WHAT, 11???). But September Sykes is also endlessly entertaining and I can't get enough of it. I wanna say I do like this a bit more than the previous book but it's insanely hard to top off the whole last act in that one. So my sentiments is that I just look forward to delving into At Sea the second I get back to my library.
December 23, 2011
Praktis menyenangkan membacanya. Berusaha untuk berpikir positif ala alice, dan itu sangat dibutuhkan dalam kehidupan yang nyata. Penasaran seberapa banyak kucing yang ada di Griya Caledonia. hm...
-oOOOo- ketika saya membaca buku ini -oOOOo-
saking sebelnya tidak bisa cuti akhir tahun, akhirnya bisa cepat membaca buku ini, meluapkan rasa kesal dengan membaca buku ini haha... tapi menikmati petualangan alice, jadi berharap lagi untuk bisa berpetualang.. kapan bisanya klo tidak pake cuti.. cuti oh cuti..
-oOOOo- ketika saya membaca buku ini -oOOOo-
saking sebelnya tidak bisa cuti akhir tahun, akhirnya bisa cepat membaca buku ini, meluapkan rasa kesal dengan membaca buku ini haha... tapi menikmati petualangan alice, jadi berharap lagi untuk bisa berpetualang.. kapan bisanya klo tidak pake cuti.. cuti oh cuti..
June 8, 2022
I loved this book, and the storyline was easy to follow, and I wanted to keep reading, so I could find out what happened. I also loved the cover and the blurb was interesting. This book was amazing, and I would read it again.
May 19, 2022
cute again, I would definitely punch sloane and her stupid mother lol
July 26, 2017
I don't often read middle grade and this was my first Alice Miranda novel. I can see why they are soo popular. Harvey has such fun with the posh boarding school concept and draws very well rounded, mostly likeable chatacters, except the villains who are Disney-esque in their dastardly plans. Alice Miranda could be annoying but she is just so lovely. A good role model for young female readers. A great, fun read with no fantasy required. Plenty of drama in real life.
November 14, 2019
I think it was a good book overall. I really can’t say much about it as I started reading it then stopped when I was nearly finished and forgot a lot of stuff. I just think the play really wasn’t the main focus as you would expect.
read-to-my-daughter
September 30, 2024I don't rate books I read to my daughter
Finally the madness of the collection of the first three books is over. On top of making the lead characters generally incredibly well-off yet heroic characters, this adds in a sneering slam at nouveau riche types, implying a lot about working class people with aspirations. The plot is once more something labyrinthine and I wouldn't be surprised if, like Rowling, Harvey has a series of improbable hard-bitten detective books for adults on the shelves too. Just dreadful.
Finally the madness of the collection of the first three books is over. On top of making the lead characters generally incredibly well-off yet heroic characters, this adds in a sneering slam at nouveau riche types, implying a lot about working class people with aspirations. The plot is once more something labyrinthine and I wouldn't be surprised if, like Rowling, Harvey has a series of improbable hard-bitten detective books for adults on the shelves too. Just dreadful.
December 14, 2018
Alice Miranda is amazing
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May 11, 2023And they all lived happily ever after
August 7, 2023
This story’s has lots of mystery and I just love the ending, it is just beautiful.
November 24, 2024
Good book but didn't like the ending.Could include a better ending with help of the amazing and relatable characters.It wasn't much of a surprise to me and the book was too obvious
October 19, 2025
the teddy bear bit…. fucking masterpiece
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November 20, 2017I was slightly disappointed with book three. The series is becoming a bit repetitive. I rate it two stars from an adult perspective.
August 22, 2013
This lightweight, lighthearted series continues to be a literary warm fuzzy that 2nd-4th grade girls will adore. The impossible-to-dislike, irrepressible Alice-Miranda finds herself back at her beloved boarding school, which is a whole different experience now that she's straightened out the lives of everyone there with her genuine warmth & kindness. But things may change when the girls meet the newest student - a girl with a serious attitude problem & a very pushy mother, named Sloane Skyes. Sloane & her unbearable parents are out for one thing during her tenure at the posh school - to meet & befriend as many celebrities & wealthy people as they possibly can. Sloane is obviously hiding something, & her mother may have some very sinister plans indeed, both for the school & the boys' school nearby. Can Alice-Miranda save the day while still enjoying getting to participate in the school play being staged this semester? Luckily, she's got a lot of help on her side...
August 18, 2016
We return to the posh boarding school of Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale after end-of-term holidays and rejoin the wonderful cast of characters we've come to know and love in books 1 and 2. (If you haven't read the first two instalments of A-M, the author provides plenty of backstory to allow the new reader catch up.)
We meet new characters, some of which are lovely and others rather horrid.
More mysteries are explored and solved; baddies revealed and friends made by the precocious yet charming and admirable Alice-Miranda, a unique little character who sees the best in everyone and manages to influence the most unlikely of people to open up to her.
Lots of drama occurs both on and off the stage, which will have little readers wanting to read more.
We meet new characters, some of which are lovely and others rather horrid.
More mysteries are explored and solved; baddies revealed and friends made by the precocious yet charming and admirable Alice-Miranda, a unique little character who sees the best in everyone and manages to influence the most unlikely of people to open up to her.
Lots of drama occurs both on and off the stage, which will have little readers wanting to read more.
January 27, 2015
yang Alice-Miranda on Holiday aja belum beli, udah keluar lagi yg ini *garuk2pala*
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November 11, 2014
I’m reading my way through this series on the recommendation of my 8 year old niece. This has been my favourite so far. A sweet story with a precocious but good natured main character. I liked the adventures she got up to in this one.
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February 13, 2012
Sampai sekarang buku-buku ttg Alice Miranda masih tetap menarik dan menasehati tanpa menggurui.
August 17, 2013
Alice Miranda is super cute and lovable.
June 30, 2014
Good book I guess
October 3, 2017
This is one of my favourite books! I LOVE it!
February 12, 2014
This book is for people who like a bit of a surprise and to want to be curious is a series of books I hope you enjoy them
May 18, 2014
Loved it!
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