R. A. Spratt
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 1
Language
English
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Description
When Mr. Green, a stingy widower with three children he cannot be bothered with, decides to find a nanny for his children, he winds up hiring a glamorous ex-circus pig who knows nothing about children but a lot about chocolate.
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"When Mr. Green tries to send Derrick, Samantha, and Michael away to school, Nanny Piggins must thwart his plan"--
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 8
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
A vote for Piggins is a vote for cake! In this riveting eighth instalment of Nanny Piggins' adventures, she sets out to thwart Mr Green's political ambitions by running for mayor herself. Her mission - to proudly fight for Liberty, Equality and Cake! Is democracy safe? Probably not. Will Nanny Piggins give everyone in the electorate diabetes from too much cake? Most likely. And along the way tremendous adventure abounds. Taking part in a diabolical...
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 7
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Never fear, Nanny Piggins is here! When Mr Green rings from a tropical island, begging to be rescued, Nanny Piggins first instinct is to say no. However, a principle is at stake. No-one kidnaps her employer--at least not without written permission from her. So Nanny Piggins sets out to save the hapless tax lawyer, and to do so she must first dabble in a spot of bungy jumping, deceive immigration officials wearing a fake moustache and seduce the President...
5) No rules
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 4
Language
English
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Description
After Friday Barnes is deported to Switzerland, Highcrest Academy descends into chaos as all their teachers are fired as an epic prank, but Friday tries to find the prankster, prove the innocence of her nemesis Ian Wainscott, and save the school.
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A genius girl detective discovers her ultra exclusive boarding school is a hotbed of crime, from missing homework and stolen lemon tarts to a mysterious yeti haunting the school swamp"--
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The mystery continues in this middle-grade series about a genius girl detective who solves crimes at her exclusive boarding school"--
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mr. Green announces his diabolical plan to remarry, his children are horrified at the thought of losing their beloved Nanny Piggins.
10) Under Suspicion
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
"A must-have series for middle-grade readers." —Booklist
Friday Barnes, girl detective, is... under arrest?!
Getting arrested was the last thing Friday expected after solving the swamp-yeti mystery at her boarding school. But she better clear her name fast! She's got new cases to investigate, like a scandalous quiche bake-off, a decades old mystery buried in her school's backyard, and why the new boy, Christopher, is being...
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Friday Barnes is being attacked on all fronts! When Friday Barnes gets involved in her frenemy Ian Wainscott's family dispute, it appears her knack for uncovering the truth may ruin their friendship once and for all. Highcrest Academy is no longer a fun place to be. Ian has declared war on Friday and she is thinking of leaving ... for good. Meanwhile, there's two new teachers to contend with - a celebrity artist whose intentions are somewhat unclear,...
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
School camp . . . what could possibly go wrong? Friday Barnes is forced to face her biggest fear - her own emotions! She must wave goodbye to Ian as he takes off to join his father in the Cayman Islands. But when your dad is a white-collar criminal, family reunions never go to plan. Ian is kidnapped en route and it's up to Friday to rescue him. On her return to school, the Headmaster has a treat in store - a four-week camp for students to learn wilderness...
13) Never fear
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Friday's time at Highcrest is running out! The new headmaster is turning everything upside down. Friday's irritatingly high IQ has her fast-tracked to graduation, while a pair of incriminating pants puts Ian on the rocky road to expulsion. When a rumour emerges of embezzled gold stashed on the school grounds, Friday is determined to uncover the truth. But some big questions remain: Can she stay out of detention long enough to solve the mystery? How...
14) Hamlet is not OK
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia Pry Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Selby hates homework. She would rather watch TV - anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents' bookshop and small-town busybodies. So Selby didn't plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him. This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets Hamlet: heavy with grief, the young prince is overthinking and over everything. Selby can relate. But unlike Hamlet, Selby isn't...
15) Bitter enemies
Author
Series
Friday Barnes volume 7
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Headmasters behaving badly! When four former headmasters arrive at Highcrest Academy to take part in the school's anniversary celebrations, the students are warned to be on their best behaviour. Unfortunately, no one told the headmasters to stay out of mischief too! Which means Friday Barnes soon has a case to solve. But unravelling the truth isn't easy when the whole school is being forced to eat paleo because the cook is on a diet; her best friend's...
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
At her exclusive boarding school, can super sleuth and girl genius Friday Barnes crack the case of her missing mother, reign in a royal brat, and unmask the elusive master thief called the Pimpernel?
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 4
Publisher
Random House Australia
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Derrick, Samantha and Michael should be in school. Instead they find themselves in NASA's space shuttle, which Nanny Piggins manages to accidentally launch, blasting them all into outer space. This time she has gone too far!
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 6
Publisher
Random House Australia
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Nanny Piggins gets in trouble with the law after some illicit tight rope walking, and is sentenced to 5000 hours community service. But she isn't the type of pig to take her punishment lying down, not when there are old people to rescue, pirates to impersonate and a great big bus to borrow.
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 5
Publisher
Random House Australia
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Nanny Piggins discovers some startling truths about the ruthless Ringmaster, provides counselling to a Moldovan princess with pre-wedding jitters, inadvertently wins a Nobel Prize while impersonating her sister and catches up with her favourite 4-tonne friend, Esmeralda the forgetful elephant.
