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Specky Magee & the Great Footy Contest (2003), ISBN 0-14-330061-X is the second book. In this instalment, Specky and his friends are confronted by an old enemy of Specky, "Screamer" Johnson, who threatens his role as full-forward, while undertaking vigorous tests in the Great Footy Contest, a competition for young football stars to demonstrate ...
The Abbey Series of British novels by Elsie J. Oxenham comprises 38 titles which were published between 1914 and 1959. The first title, Girls of the Hamlet Club set the scene for the school aspects of the series, but it is the second title, The Abbey Girls, that introduces The Abbey – almost a character within the series in its own right – a romantic ruin that inspires love for it as a ...
Cherry Ames is the central character in a series of 27 mystery novels with hospital settings published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1943 and 1968. Helen Wells (1910-1986) wrote volumes #1–7 and #17–27, and Julie Campbell Tatham (1908–1999), the creator of Trixie Belden, wrote volumes #8–16. Wells also created the Vicki Barr series.
In the first book, Allie's family moves from the suburbs to an old house in the town. Allie goes through a few obstacles as she strives to make new friends and adjust to her new school. The series has five other books that include similar adventures. Themes include: moving, growing up, friendship, and family.
The Girls of Canby Hall Series by Emily Chase, published by Scholastic (1984–1989), is a collection of young adult novels, based around the lives of a group of students at a New England boarding School.
The cover of the first volume of the Book Girl light novel series released by Enterbrain. Book Girl is a collection of Japanese light novels written by Mizuki Nomura, with illustrations by Miho Takeoka. The novels share the common title Book Girl (文学少女, Bungaku Shōjo), which is where the series gets its name. The series centers around ...
The series was written by a number of ghostwriters and, despite going out-of-print twice, lasted from 1934 to 1979; the books have also been translated into a number of other languages. While subject to less critical attention than either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys, a number of critics have written about the series, most arguing that the Dana ...
The end of this book foreshadows events that occur in The Mystery in Arizona. 5. The Mystery Off Glen Road (1956) When the clubhouse is badly damaged, Brian uses the money he has been saving to buy a jalopy in order to purchase repair materials. To help him keep the car, Trixie wants to use the ring Jim gave her in the first volume as collateral.