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Your Next Read Silver: The Missing Pencil Case

By Jasmin McGaughey
Series: Your Next Read Silver
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Do you like MYSTERY, FAMILY and FUNNY STORIES? Then this book is YOUR NEXT READ!Lea has lost her pencil case. It's full of money she has collected for charity! Lea must search all over her apartment block for the missing pencil case. Where could it be?From the... Read More
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Do you like MYSTERY, FAMILY and FUNNY STORIES? 

Then this book is YOUR NEXT READ!

Lea has lost her pencil case. It's full of money she has collected for charity! Lea must search all over her apartment block for the missing pencil case. Where could it be?

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781923419315

Publisher: Affirm Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 February 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Affirm Kids

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jade Goodwin
  • Illustrated by Jade Goodwin

DIMENSIONS

Width: 3251.0mm

Height: 5029.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 112

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