The Girl In the Ghost: Grand Opening is the delightful third book in the Girl in the Ghost series by Jacqueline Harvey. The story follows Josephine (Jet) as her family prepares for the long-awaited opening of their chateau-turned-hotel in France. However, the grand opening soon takes an unexpected turn. A series of mysterious events threaten to derail the grand opening, leading Jet to suspect that these incidents are not simple accidents, but acts of deliberate sabotage.
Before everything is turned to chaos, Jet must figure out who is behind the sabotage - all the while navigating her budding romance with Gabriel and protecting her precious locket (also home to her ghost companion Louis). As tensions rise, Jet begins to fear that her old enemy, Anastasia, may be behind it all.
With the help of her ghostly best friend Louis and her furry companions Daisy and Tiger, she must solve the mystery before the everything falls apart.
This is not only a tale about a dog that finds a new home, but an opportunity for children to learn about the necessary commitments involved in dog ownership.
Humorous and highly entertaining, information concerning the habits of canines flow within the storyline, including why marking their territory is as imperative as smelling, and how training builds a closer relationship between dog and owner.
Bitza has a new permanent home with humans that love him and has finally established his position in the middle of the couch. But Dad is Top Dog.
And there are rules to be learnt.
What are Rules? There are so many that listening to them puts Bitza to sleep.
What better way to celebrate the milestone of 20 books in a series than to write a story about a birthday, Greg Heffley's birthday.
Greg's sure his family is planning a surprise party for him. Unfortunately, although he's excited about it, he's also a bit nervous, too.
What could go wrong? Well, his family forgetting his birthday is what.
How can that happen? Well Greg soon finds out what led to it, then in true Heffley style his family decides to make it up to him and plan a super dooper party.
That means decisions for Greg, or so he'd like to think.
Like whether to have a family party at a restaurant, or friend party somewhere like the trampoline park or an escape room or the museum.
Ariana’s Aunt Grace is getting married.
She wants everything to be perfect - and blue.
Additional responsibilities come with the role of flower girl.
Ariana must keep an eye on the wedding cake with its blue icing that matches the colour of the wedding dress.
The thrift shop is pulsing with excitement. There is so much to consider, including how they will transport the cake to the park where the wedding will be held.
Decision-making frequently includes family members, sometimes their diverse group of friends as well.
A quick recap. HotDog is a sausage dog. His friends include a Lizzie the lizard and Kev, a cat.
They join HotDog on adventures like rescuing a baby bird, joining the circus, auditioning to become movie stars, and playing soccer.
In Robot Time! HotDog and his friends are excited to go to the grand opening of the robot museum.
Their imaginations run wild as they think about robots. Funny robots, cooking robots, and robots with super long arms.
They discover the robot museum is full of robots of all shapes and sizes.
There's a dinosaur robot, a homework bot, and even giant talking gorilla bots.
Luna is a wonderful, relatable character.
She is smart, loves books, writing and the diary she is encouraged to keep, helps to centre her when her mind is whirring.
It has been five weeks since Luna’s last entry. So much has happened during that time.
Luna and her Mum have become dog walkers.
Their persistence and lots of advertising found them customers.
This is a
story about how I came with a MASSIVELY brainy plan to CELAN up all the
disgusting pollution on the beach to help save the whole WORLD!!!!!!
(And also
save my own school holidays)
(Which is
not so important as saving the world, I know)
(But I
thought I’d mention it anyway)
(In case
you guys are interested)
This book
from beloved duo Danny Katz and Mitch Vane (think ‘Little Lunch!’) bears
all their hallmark signatures – chaotic, messy words and word-play, with wacky illustrations
that make you laugh out loud and spit drink out your nose.
The library is her favourite place.
On Luna’s first day in Grade 5, she barely makes it
to school on time having slept in. She’s
not the only one. Cody, her best friend also slept in!
Through her diary entries, Luna shares her daily activities, friendships, challenges, and opposing thoughts on lots of issues, of which she has many.
He joins three other equally spoilt, friendless, incorrigible youngsters: Victoria, a proper English Miss, (she’s the
nicest) Elton, spoilt beyond words, and Addison, a Goth, with a boulder on
her shoulder, whose mother is glad to see the back of her for two weeks.
During the ride to their destination, Sal warns
about the dangers they should be aware of – snakes, crocodiles, toads, and poisonous
plants.
Instead of the luxurious retreat they had imagined and had been paid for, the group end up at
a totally rundown summer camp. This has been mismanaged for years by the cranky Sal, and her young and equally cranky son, Roy.
While helping with the wildlife, Sophia realises that due to the different type of interests they have, a rift could easily occur between them.
This fear surfaces when Ollie’s little sister is left in his care for a few hours and Sophia begins to feel cheated of time with her friend.
When it happens again, Sophia is further disgruntled with Ollie, without understanding why. She must accept and adjust to situations that can change suddenly, to retain Ollie's friendship.
It is a busy week for the volunteers. There are the usual emergencies that call for attention at the Wildlife Hospital. Some are humorous incidents concerning animals.
