Book description
M.G. Leonard, internationally bestselling author of Twitch, Beetleboy and Adventures on Trains, is back with the second thrilling wildlife mystery for birdwatching detectives The Twitchers!
>> Shortlisted for the CRIMEFEST Award for Best Crime Novel for Children 2022
>> Longlisted for the 2023 James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Children's Writing…
Why read it?
1 author picked Spark as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Spark is a story with a mystery at its heart, but also a lot of out-doors stuff, not least because the lovable hero – Twitch – is a keen bird watcher (who isn’t?!), and brings his schoolmates along with him.
A second book by M.G. Leonard, I know, but we read a load of books by her this year because she writes consistently great books that our son can’t stop reading, alone or with us.
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