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The Boy with the Magic Numbers


Magical Children

No. of pages 128

Published: 2011

Great for age 7-10 years

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From Costa Children's Book Award winner and multi-million bestselling author Sally Gardner, comes the MAGICAL CHILDREN story about a boy who's magic with numbers. When Billy Pickles' dad leaves home to live in New York, he gives Billy a moneybox. Billy's not sure where to put in the money, and not sure why his dad has left.Then Billy goes to New York to visit his father and his Italian grandmother, and discovers the secret of his magic moneybox. In a wonderful adventure, he takes Mighty Mamma on a helicopter ride, cracks open a safe, solves a kidnap mystery - and gets to know his dad again.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Magical Children .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Hachette Children's Group .

Her website is www. sallygardner. net and you can follow her on Twitter @TheSallyGardner

 

This book is in the following series:

Magical Children

A swift-paced adventure, crammed with dialogue and neatly sewn up." * JUNIOR MAGAZINE *

 

An engaging, magical and often touching story that comes highly recommended. * LOVEREADING4KIDS *

 

Gardner's illustrations add to the quirky humour of the book. She captures the New York characters perfectly even down to their hand gestures. * INIS MAGAZINE *