Anisha, Accidental Detective: School'S Cancelled (Short-Listed

Description: "An absolute joy from start to finish!" Jennifer Killick on Anisha, Accidental Detective "I've been working sooo hard with Milo and Govi to make our super-erupting volcano for the school science fair. I really thought we might win first prize - a trip to the National Space Centre. But now we're in BIG trouble. One minute we were in the lab practising our science demo, and the next thing we knew, our volcano exploded and flooded the corridors. School had to be cancelled! But did we really get our project so wrong - or is someone else trying to win first prize? Looks like a case for Anisha, Accidental Detective!" Shortlisted for a Blue Peter Book Award Review: This easy-to-read and brilliantly written story takes the reader on a fun-packed epic adventure, which adults and children alike will love. * Eastern Eye * Spending time with Anisha's British Indian family is chaotic, loud, and great fun. * BookTrust * Prizes: Short-listed for Blue Peter Book Awards 2021 (UK) and Crimefest Book Awards 2021 (UK) and The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2021 (UK). Long-listed for Spark! Children's Book Award 2021 (UK). Author Biography: Serena Patel (Author) Serena Patel is the author of the Anisha, Accidental Detective series which won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award for Fiction. She lives in the West Midlands with her family and believes all children deserve to feel seen in the stories they read and that books are an important tool for empathy. When she's not writing Serena enjoys watching movies, reading and eating cake. Chocolate cake preferred. Emma McCann (Illustrator) Emma McCann is a freelance illustrator, sporadic painter/print maker, occasional cake baker, and regular mess maker. She lives in Cornwall and works from an attic studio where her ideas are scribbled, Wacom'd, and Photoshopped into existence. In her spare time, Emma undertakes scientific research into Cornwall's best cream tea and takes it very, very seriously.