: Karen Foxlee
: The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters Book 3
: Pushkin Children's Books
: 9781782695615
: 1
: CHF 1.10
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: Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
: English
: 288
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There are those who hunt monsters to harm them and there are those who hunt monsters to help them. Which one are you? Mary-Kate and her granny are going to stay at a very quiet castle near a very quiet loch in the Scottish village of Bonkillyknock. The perfect destination for reading beside fireplaces and drinking cups of tea with Granny's friends. However, this is no ordinary holiday - it's the 93rd World Society of Monster Hunters' Conference! So, when an ear-shattering howl interrupts the convention, Mary-Kate isn't too anxious. After all, the experts are on hand to investigate. But when the castle kitchen is destroyed and everyone suspects the usually peaceful Loch Morgavie monster, Mary-Kate isn't sure the clues add up. Could there be some other beastly problem bothering Bonkillyknock Castle? It's up to Mary-Kate to find out... PRAISE FOR THE MISS MARY-KATE MARTIN'S GUIDE TO MONSTERS SERIES: 'The storyline is witty, fast-paced and thrilling and the brilliant black and white illustrations dotted throughout the book make this an even more engaging and thoroughly absorbing read. Five stars from us!' Mini Travellers 'Full of humour, fantasy and magical realism... the ideal story for early readers' Better Reading 'So much fun and very addictive' Kid's Book Review

Karen Foxlee is an Australian author who writes for both children and young adults. She grew up in the Australian mining town Mount Isa and still frequently dreams she is walking barefoot along the dry Leichhardt River. She is the author of Dragon Skin and the Carnegie Medal-longlisted Lenny's Book of Everything, both published by Pushkin Children's Books. The first book of the Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters, The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm, was a Foyles Children's Book of the Month.

Mary-Kate placed the black tam-o’-shanter on her head and tried to smile. It was a good hat and it perfectly matched her black skirt with its shiny brass buttons. She couldn’t help but feel slightly disappointed though that the pompom wasn’t red and sequinned. That would have matched her sparkly red shoes and her sparkly red backpack. She would have been so matching that nothing at all terrible could possibly happen.

Not that anything terrible was going to happen.

It couldn’t.

It wasn’t going to be like the last two trips she’d taken with her mother, Professor Martin. She’d met a fire-breathing wyrm and a two-headed sea monster on those occasions. This trip was with her granny, who liked reading romance novels and watching the shopping channel while eating spicy takeaway. Granny wen