One of our Books of the Year 2016 | Julia Eccleshare's Book of the Month August 2016 Award-winning Michelle Harrison’s The Other Alice is a fast-paced, tautly woven story stuffed full of imagination, magic and adventure which gives life in the world outside to characters who should remain safely within the pages of a book. Midge’s sister Alice loves writing stories but she is also tormented by them and the characters in them. Especially when she can’t finish one. When Alice goes missing her younger brother Midge is sure that the clues to what has happened to her will lie in her writing. Can Tabitha, a talking cat help him? Or Gipsy, a character from a story who is also searching for Alice? Or will the secret lie in The Museum of Unfinished Stories? It is a punchy adventure that also delves into the power of imagination. ~ Julia Eccleshare
Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month for August 2016
The Other Alice by Michelle Harrison
Pugly Solves a Crime by Pamela Butchart
Good Night, Everyone by Chris Haughton
Dotty Detective and the Great Pawprint Puzzle by Clara Vulliamy
The Sands of Shark Island by Alexander McCall Smith
Oi Dog! by Kes and Claire Gray
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What happens when a tale with real magic, that was supposed to be finished, never was? This is a story about one of those stories ...Midge loves riddles, his cat, Twitch, and - most of all - stories. Especially because he's grown up being read to by his sister Alice, a brilliant writer. When Alice goes missing and a talking cat turns up in her bedroom, Midge searches Alice's stories for a clue. Soon he discovers that her secret book, The Museum of Unfinished Stories, is much more than just a story. In fact, he finds two of its characters wandering around town. But every tale has its villains - and with them leaping off the page, Midge, Gypsy and Piper must use all their wits and cunning to work out how the story ends and find Alice. If they fail, a more sinister finale threatens them all ...
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Other Alice and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Other Alice features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 11+ readers
The Other Alice is available in Paperback
The Other Alice was written by Michelle Harrison and published by Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd
The Other Alice has 342 pages
£7.19
