Jacqueline Harvey (1)Recensioni

I found this instalment of the Kensy and Max series to be much better than the first, "Breaking News". The twins are now agents-in-training and are on a school trip to Rome when they find themselves solving a kidnapping.

There was far more action and excitement in this novel and I loved the Italian setting - it brought back memories of my time over there. The inclusion of maps and glossary was a good idea and would be beneficial to younger readers while the chance to crack a new code makes for a fun read that will keep them intrigued.½

"Breaking News" was recommended to me by a Year 7 students. The first thing I noticed when I started reading was the unusual letter combinations at the start of each chapter and soon realised they were some sort of code which I was keen to crack.

Written for younger readers, this was the first book in the "Kensy and Max" series. Although I found the plot bit slow, I will give the next book a go and I think this one was setting the scene and giving the context for what is to come next. There were a lot of likeable characters who will probably have bigger roles in the following novels, especially Max and Kensy, the eleven-year-old twins.

Overall, the mystery was good and cracking the code was fun.

Alice–Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones heads to China in the latest book by multi-award-winning author Jacqueline Harvey. Alice–Miranda in China, the fourteenth book in the series, follows Alice–Miranda and her schoolmates on a whirlwind school trip to Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing. With a mix of sightseeing, acrobatics, hilarious parenting mishaps and mystery, the students of Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies, together with a few friends from Fayle School for Boys, experience the wonders of China while uncovering an evil plan to steal priceless artifacts. Alice–Miranda inadvertently becomes part of the heist, but helps bring the perpetrators to justice, and makes a lasting impression on all those she meets.

Reviewed for CBCA's Reading Time, full review here - http://readingtime.com.au/alice-miranda-china-alice-miranda-14/.

Set in snowy Switzerland, Alice-Miranda in the Alps by Jacqueline Harvey charms readers with its lovely characters, grand old hotels and a glimpse of European society.

Reviewed for CBCA Reading Time. Full review can be found here -
http://readingtime.com.au/alice-miranda-in-the-alps-alice-miranda-12/.

i love all the Alice Miranda books they are soooooo good but this is one of my favs so i think you should read it her name is so very long

It is a book that is FULL of adventure and is a book for anyone who would like to go camping.½

I found this book very interesting with a small but polite young girl. Interesting and gripping the book had a mystery all the eay through with mean and kind haerted charecters.

Alice-Miranda at School is about a seven and one quarter years old who decides she is ready to go to boarding school. Her parents doesn't want her to go but at the end they decide it's alright. She arrives a day before the term starts as the dates are mixed up. She decides to stay at the school but she starts to have a strange feeling. Why does the headmistress come out of her study? Why are they no flowers? And why is the staff not very cheerful? Along the way she makes new friends, meets the school bully and complete the three tasks the headmistress have given Alice-Miranda. I think that people should read this book because it is very interesting and because it is fascinating! I immediately loved this seven year old girl with the chocolate curls and I'm sure you will too!!!!

It wouldn't be right at all to review my own book, so instead I have included a review from Australia.

Published March 12 2010 on Read Plus http://www.readplus.com.au/blog_detail.php?id=992

Random House Australia, 2010. ISBN 9781741664515.
(Ages 8 and up) Highly recommended. Alice-Miranda Highton-Kennington-Jones decides, at the age of seven and one-quarter years, that it's time to go to boarding school. Her doting parents know there is no point trying to stop her, so tearfully drop her off at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies. Alice-Miranda, who one would call precocious were she not so likeable, immediately makes her mark on the school to the horror of the mysterious headmistress Miss Grimm, whom nobody has laid eyes on for ten years. Miss Grimm sets a series of seemingly impossible challenges for Alice-Miranda to face if she is to be allowed to remain at the school. With determination and endless optimism, Alice-Miranda sets out to prove she is just the sort of student Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale needs. Full of humour and with very likeable characters, this book sets a benchmark for a fantastic new series about this entertaining young lady.
Donella Reed

It was a great book about giving people chances no matter what people say about you behind your back. And giving a helping hand to people who need it but are pushing away.