By Karen Mccombie (author) Part of the You Me and Thing series
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Next-door neighbours Ruby and Jackson get the surprise of their lives when they discover a Thing living at the bottom of their gardens. And when Thing places a curse on the inhabitants of the new house that's been built over his old home, Ruby and Jackson find themselves up to their eyeballs in jellybabies, magic and big trouble.
"I never expected to be friends with a Thing. Well, you don't, do you? You usually think of friends being either boys or girls, or maybe even cute yappy dogs. Well, Thing certainly doesn't fit into any of those categories. Thing is just a...a...Actually, I'm not sure quite how to describe it.
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'A sort of troll crossed with a fairy crossed with a squirrel?' Jackson suggested, after we first discovered Thing.
'I is not a squirrel,' Thing purred grumpily, twitching its squirrelly ears. 'And not a fairy or a trolly. Whatever they is.'
By the way, I never expected to be friends with Jackson Miller either. I guess I've got a bit of explaining to do, about Jackson and about Thing. (Oh, and about curses and jellybabies too, And the magic. I mustn't forget the magic!)"
This title contains charming black and white line illustrations by Alex T. Smith.
Praise for Karen McCombie:
“You’ll get totally hooked. Ace stuff!” Blush magazine
“We can’t get enough of the Ally’s World series and the latest one won’t disappoint you.” Mizz magazine
Karen McCombie is the bestselling author of over 90 books for children and teenagers including the Carnegie Medal-nominated Little Bird Flies , How to be a Human , and series St Grizzle's School for Girls and Indie Kidd . Karen is also the author of the bestselling and much-loved series Ally's World .
Originally from Scotland, she now lives in London with her family who all give her inspiration for her books, whether they like it or not.
"I never expected to be friends with a Thing. Well, you don't, do you?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Curse of the Jelly Babies and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
The Curse of the Jelly Babies features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers
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The Curse of the Jelly Babies was written by Karen Mccombie and published by Faber Children's Books an imprint of Faber & Faber
The Curse of the Jelly Babies has 133 pages
Yes it is part of You Me and Thing series
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