Alice-Miranda Takes the Stage by Jacqueline Harvey

Alice-Miranda is back.  School is starting again and life is good.  So what there is an odd new student and stories of a witch in the woods.  Everything will be fine...

Delacorte Press shared this book with me for a review (thank you).  It has been published, so check with your local bookstore for a copy.

Alice-Miranda is like a cross between Pollyanna and Mary Poppins.  She's always positive and looking for a solution and she is from a rich family and can make things happen.  It's almost like magic.

In this story, the new girl is supposed to be sucking up to the rich kids so she and her mother will be invited to their parties and Mom can find a rich man better able to support her in the style she covets.  When, by accident, the mother finds the school building the boys are in can be had by default if any boy fails a class, she sends her daughter to "fix" tests.

Alice-Miranda takes a wrong turn in the woods and meets the "witch".  While she's making friends with the witch, the other evil is going on.  Of course, Alice-Miranda gets in the middle of fixing the problem and all comes out well.  

I find Alice-Miranda just a little good to be true.  She's always winning over her enemies.  Life doesn't work out that way.  However, this a very nice story for young girls who like happy endings.  It's an easy read and A-M is already for another adventure.

Happy reading.

Alice-Miranda on Vacation by Jacqueline Harvey

Alice-Miranda is home on vacation with Jacinta to keep her company.  Should be a nice quiet summer, right?  Wrong!

Delacorte Press Books sent me a copy of this story for review (thank you).  It has been published so you can grab a copy now.  Get the first book too, Alice-Miranda at School, so your child has more opportunity to meet this new quirky character.

Alice-Miranda has a way of handling people to get the results she desires, and it works well for her.  But a cranky boy who won't even tell them his name is beginning to really annoy her.  He's always butting in and making things worse.

There is plenty of adventure in this story.  There are spies, romance in the air, and they even have a movie star visiting.  But the biggest surprise is one none of the children could have anticipated...

Why not introduce your 7-10 year old child to this positive force of nature named Alice-Miranda?  It's an enjoyable read.

Happy reading.

Alice-Miranda at School by Jacqueline Harvey

If you thought Madeline was bossy, wait until you meet Alice-Miranda!


Delacorte Press for Young Readers sent me a copy of this book for review (thank you).  It was published in April so you can get a copy at your local bookstore.


Alice-Miranda is a determined girl who knows what she wants out of life.  Right now, it's to go to boarding school and study fascinating subjects and meet all the other girls of the upper echelon.  However, when she arrives, while the school is what she expected, there's something missing: there is no school spirit...


Alice-Miranda gets there a day early, so she sets off to meet the staff.  She's surprised to find the headmistress unavailable, but she visits the cook and the gardener and other staff.  And then she sets about making things better.  


This is an amusing story about a seven year old girl who is headstrong and has doting parents.  What Alice-Miranda wants, Alice-Miranda gets.  Especially when it's to help other people.  Her actions are outrageous.  She has experience doing things normal children would never have.  And, thank goodness, she's kind and understanding.


This is the first book in a new series and, based on how Alice-Miranda handled things in this story, you can be sure she'll have another outlandish adventure in the next book, too.


Why not purchase a copy and enter the world of Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennigton-Jones?  If you've got a problem, she'll fix it!


Happy reading.