9–11
The
Pear
Affair Judith Eagle
Penelope Magnificent’s life doesn’t live up to her name.
05/03/20 PB | 978 0 571 34685 1 | 240pp | £6.99 Ebook | 978 0 571 34684 4 | £4.99 World ex USA & Canada
Her dad only thinks about making money, and her mum loves her handbag more than her daughter. But she gets through the hard times remembering the lovely French woman, Perrine – Pear – who looked after her when she was little. Even after Pear was sent away, she wrote to Nell every week, telling her about her new life, promising one day she’d come back. But the letters stopped, suddenly. So when Nell gets the chance to go to Paris with her parents, she is determined to track down Pear. But the mystery gets deeper when Pear isn’t where she told Nell she’d be – she’s vanished!
JUDITH EAGLE’s debut, The Secret Starling, was published to outstanding critical acclaim. She currently works in two schools as a librarian and a library assistant, in South East London. The Pear Affair is her second book. KIM GEYER studied textile design before taking up children’s book illustration. She lives in London with lots of pets and kids – her biggest inspiration. She also illustrated The Secret Starling.
A glorious new adventure through and under the streets of Paris from the author of the acclaimed The Secret Starling. With b/w illustrations by Kim Geyer.
9780571346301 | £6.99