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Olivia Shivers: Spooky Special Agent

Name: Olivia Shivers: Spooky Special Agent
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781836300663
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By Derek Keilty

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Olivia Shivers: Spooky Special Agent is the first in an exciting new illustrated chapter book series where a school author visit goes spooktacularly wrong, launching Olivia as a Spooky Special Agent! Olivia is the only one who can detect that the author is a ghost—but that’s... Read More

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In the first of a new illustrated chapter book series, a school author visit goes spooktacularly wrong, but launches Olivia as a Spooky Special Agent!

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Olivia Shivers: Spooky Special Agent is the first in an exciting new illustrated chapter book series where a school author visit goes spooktacularly wrong, launching Olivia as a Spooky Special Agent!

Olivia is the only one who can detect that the author is a ghost—but that’s just the beginning! Her grandfather turns out to be a secret agent for SCARE (Spook Capture and Rehabilitation Enterprises), and Olivia has inherited his Spook Sense. When Grandpa is kidnapped, Olivia has no choice but to embark on a chilling rescue mission with her best friend Roop.

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Olivia Shivers: Spooky Special Agent

Olivia Shivers: Spooky Special Agent is the first in an exciting new illustrated chapter book series where a school author visit goes spooktacularly wrong, launching Olivia as a Spooky Special Agent! Olivia is the only one who can detect that the author is a ghost—but that’s just the beginning! Her grandfather turns out to be a secret agent for SCARE...

By Derek Keilty

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$22⁹⁹

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Out 1 Nov 2026

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781836300663

Publisher: Scallywag Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Scallywag Press

Illustration: Black and white

Contributors:

Illustrated by Louis Ghibault

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 200

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About the Author

Derek Keilty lives in Belfast. Author of over fifteen books for children and shortlisted for the Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year, Derek takes storytelling and creative writing workshops to local schools.

Louis Ghibault lives in Belgium and has illustrated Monster Hunting for Beginners (Farshore) and several picture books in France.

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