Little Gem and the Mysterious Letters

by Anna Zobel
Published by Penguin Random House
ISBN 97817609896096

This is the second in the Little Gem series for ages 7 and over.

Little Gem is settling into her life at Ellsworth Pining with the help of Ghost Henry and her other friends.

The Midsummer Festival is happening soon and Little Gem's is in charged of the special effects for the play. Things don't automatically go to plan and her magic seems to go awry. Then she starts receiving strange and mysterious letters and she worries that it's all going to be a disaster.

What we like about this book for 7 year olds and over is that it introduces emotions, imagination, situations where the hero has to think and work out what to do. It is dotted with words for improving the reader's vocabulary in a charming and intriguing story.

Will Little Gem be able to work out who is sending the letters and regain her confidence before opening night? That's to be seen...

The author Anna Zobel is an illustrator, writer and teacher from Melbourne, Australia. As a child, Anna wrote and illustrated her own books, and she hasn’t stopped since. Anna is inspired and occasionally infected by the children she works with, and hopes to represent them in her work.