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Libby and the Manhattan Mystery

By Jo Clarke
Series: The Travelling School Mysteries
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The travelling school arrives in New York, and Libby and her friends find themselves organising a charity auction alongside Hollywood star Eloise Fitzwilliam. But something isn't right. Why is Eloise's friend Count Alvarez acting so strangely and can a face from the past really have followed... Read More
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The travelling school arrives in New York, and Libby and her friends find themselves organising a charity auction alongside Hollywood star Eloise Fitzwilliam. But why is Eloise's friend Count Alvarez acting so strangely and can a face from the past really have followed the school to New York?

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The travelling school arrives in New York, and Libby and her friends find themselves organising a charity auction alongside Hollywood star Eloise Fitzwilliam. But something isn't right. Why is Eloise's friend Count Alvarez acting so strangely and can a face from the past really have followed the school all the way to New York?

Series: The Travelling School Mysteries

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  • Libby and the Manhattan Mystery
    The travelling school arrives in New York, and Libby and her friends find themselves organising a charity auction alongside Hollywood star Eloise Fitzwilliam. But something isn't right. Why is Eloise's friend Count Alvarez acting so strangely and can a face from the past really have followed the school all the way to New York?
    By Jo Clarke
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781915444394

Publisher: Firefly Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 January 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Firefly Press Ltd

Illustration: black and white illustration throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Becka Moor

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 224

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Jo Clarke Series: The Travelling School Mysteries Young Adult Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

Jo Clarke is an award-winning book blogger and primary school librarian. Her blog, BookloverJo, enables her to indulge her love of reading children’s books. She is actively involved in the children’s book community and has been a judge for both the British Book Awards and Alligator’s Mouth Book Awards.

Growing up she liked nothing better than reading mystery and boarding school stories by torchlight, when she should have been fast asleep. Her love of these books has inspired her to write.

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  • Libby and the Highland Heist
    Libby and the Highland Heist follows Libby and Connie as they eagerly anticipate a quiet holiday in Scotland before embarking on a new term at Miss Mousedale's Travelling School. However, their plans take a turn when a priceless family painting appears for sale in an Edinburgh art gallery, plunging them into a picture-perfect mystery... Will Libby and Connie be able...
    By Jo Clarke
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  • Libby and the Parisian Puzzle
    Mystery-lover Libby is excited but nervous when she's sent to live with her aunt while her mother is working abroad. Her Aunt Agatha is the headmistress of an extraordinary travelling school that moves from country to country. Libby joins the school in Paris, where she is just starting to find her feet, when Agatha is arrested, accused of a daring...
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  • Libby and the Egyptian Escapade
    When the travelling school arrives in Egypt, the students soon get caught up in a sequence of strange and dangerous events. Have they truly awakened a mummy's curse, or is somebody trying to scare them away? Libby and her friends must use all their detective skills to exhume the truth.
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