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Confident Readers / Time to Shine At the River School

Time to Shine At the River School

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Welcome to a new term at the River School! Best friends Jummy and Caro are attending together and they’re thrilled to discover they both get to work on Nile House’s agricultural project. But the Shine-Shine River is running low and Jummy will have to step up if she wants to save it …

ISBN: 9781915026217 Author: Adeyinka, Sabine Publisher: Chicken House Publication Date: 11th May 2023 Imprint: Chicken House Cover: Paperback Dewey: 823.92 (edition:23) Pages: 247 Language: English Edition: Paperback original Readership: Ages 5-12 / Code: B Category: Confident Readers Subjects: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Gift books, Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: truancy & school problems (Children's / Teenage)

 

Welcome to a new term at the River School!

Jummy and Caro are thrilled to be working with their Nile House friends on the school corn-planting competition. But as they try to grow the biggest crops, they realize the beautiful Shine-Shine River is running low – why, and what does it have to do with the sinister bakery nearby?

The friends will have to step up if they want to save the river and its wildlife – and win the school prize in the process … 

  • The sequel to the critically-acclaimed Jummy at the River School, chosen as both Indie Book of the Month and Blackwell’s Book of the Month
  • A glorious collision of old-fashioned boarding-school tropes with vibrant 1990s Nigeria
  • Irrepressible Jummy investigates a mystery full of laughter, environmentalism and friendship with a message of empowerment

 

PRAISE FOR BOOK 1, JUMMY AT THE RIVER SCHOOL:

‘Beautifully told, with powerful and emotive writing ? a joyous read filled with hope’ THE SCOTSMAN

‘What a joyful, vibrant story! A book for the heart’ EFUA TRAORE, AUTHOR OF CHILDREN OF THE QUICKSANDS

 

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