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Gr 9-Up This novel from the popular Aussie author is absurdly preposterous, delightfully whimsical and funny, and replete with wacky characters. The problem, however, is one of audience. Ostensibly, readers might assume that the book is for girls, like Listen Taylor, who are entering seventh grade. She and her dad have just moved in with Marbie Zing, whom Nathaniel is dating. Marbie meets with other members of the family every Friday night to discuss the Zing Family Secret. Readers aren't sure what that secret is for most of the book, but they do l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Moriarty (The Year of Secret Assignments, rev. 3/04; The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie, rev. 1/07) returns with another madly convoluted, over-the-top comedy-drama-mystery told from multiple points of view. Twelve-year-old Listen Taylor is too ashamed to tell her father and his new girlfriend, Marbie, that her friends have dropped her; her other secret is that she's found a book of spells. Marbie Zing loves and adores Listen's father, but fin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this over-the-top comedy-drama-mystery told from multiple points of view, each character has a secret; the biggest is the Z...Log In or Sign Up to Read More