Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh's Curse

Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh's Curse Synopsis

Poppy Pym has grown up in the circus, eating candy floss for breakfast and learning about lion taming ...until her circus family decides she needs a more traditional education, and they send her to boarding school. At first, Poppy has trouble fitting in at St Smithen's, a school that is very different from the circus. But when an ancient Egyptian ruby comes to the school and dangerous accidents start occurring, it's up to Poppy to save her new home and solve the mystery of the Pharaoh's curse!

Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh's Curse Reader Reviews

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• Libby Bridgeman, age 8 - 'Both Libby and Jenny (10) really enjoyed this book! Also very hopeful it's the first in a series, we didn't want to leave the circus behind!'
• Molly Betts, age 9 - 'Will Poppy Pym save the day, discover the secret of the ruby scarab; find out all the secrets of her mysterious tale???  I couldn’t put it down.'
  
• Lili Benner, age 11- 'A detective story with a spooky theme...I really enjoyed this book, it is funny and entertaining.'
• Isabel, age 8 - 'The book was so good I couldn't put it down! I read it in a weekend!'
  
• Georgia Docwra, age 10 - 'A brilliant detective story!'
• Rachel George, age 9 - 'THIS BOOK IS HILARIOUS, READ IT.'
• Hannah Morris, age 8 - 'A very good book. About a girl abandoned as a baby who then lives in a circus until one day her guardians decide she should go to a boarding school. Exciting and interesting!!'
• Mila Humphryes, age 8 - 'I loved this book because there's always an adventure and you never know what's going to happen next. You really want to keep reading till you get to the end. It's a real page turner!!'
• Mia Goodman, age 9 - 'This book had a slow start but once I got into it, I enjoyed reading it. I would rate this book 5/5 and would recommend it for ages 8 plus.'
• Romilly Dally-Fitzsimons, age 8 - 'I enjoyed it because it made me think about the characters feelings.'
• Grace Phelan, age 8 - 'A very exciting and interesting book full of exhilarating adventures.'
• Miranda Beinart-Smith, age 9 - 'This book is packed with adventure, mystery and suspense. This story is upside down because usually in stories, you run away from school to join the circus but in this story it's the other way round!'

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ISBN: 9781407158549
Publication date: 03/09/2015
Publisher: Scholastic Press an imprint of Scholastic
Format: Paperback

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About Laura Wood

Laura Wood is the winner of the Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for New Children’s Writing. Her first YA novel A Sky Painted Gold was shortlisted for the 2019 YA Book Prize, 2018 BAMB Readers’ Awards and the 2019 Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Awards. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Vote for Effie and the Poppy Pym series for younger readers.

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