Clare Balding's second brilliant adventure for Charlie Bass and her funny family of humans and animals.Life is slowly getting back to normal for Charlie after her reluctant racehorse,Noble Warrior,won the Derby and saved her family from financial ruin. But drama soon returns to Folly Farm when thieves break into the farmyard in the dead of night and kidnap Noble Warrior! With the police baffled and no trace of the prizewinning thoroughbred to be found,Charlie launches her own investigation...
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UKISBN: 9780141377384Number of pages: 272Weight: 191 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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A heart-warming story with a great girl-power messageA cheerful paean to books,big thighs and working hard to realise your dreamsFunny and touchingThere are useful human life lessons here: create a team,Balding urges,delegate,do your research,believe in yourself,and magic ensuesWill inspire girls to aim highCharlie is a feisty,funny girl who will appeal to pony-mad readers who'll devour all the inside knowledge of the equine world that Balding brings to her debut
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Visit the Clare Balding author pageTony Ross
Tony Ross is one of the most sought after illustrators in Britain today. In a career spanning over 40 years he has provided pictures for David Walliams and Francesca Simon's Horrid Henry series amongst many,many others. He is also the writer of the Little Princess picture books,which began in 1986 with I Want My Potty.
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