Daisy May Johnson

Calla North and her mother Elizabeth live a quiet but happy life together. Elizabeth happens to be the world's leading expert on ducks—but unfortunately, being an expert on ducks doesn't always pay the bills (no pun intended). When Elizabeth is offered a well-paid research trip to the Amazon, it's an opportunity too good to miss. But while her mother’s off exploring, Calla winds up at boarding school. No adventures are likely to find her there—or so she thinks. Then Calla receives the terrible news that her mother's plane has gone missing. Can Calla, her friends, and a motley crew of nuns defeat an evil new headmistress and find Elizabeth before it’s too late?

How to Be Brave

The irrepressibly charming follow-up to the 'truly marvellous' (Independent) How to Be Brave: a rip-roaring tale of rebellious girls, Parisian adventures and many more biscuits Some stories are about love. Some are about revolutionaries. Some are about macarons. This one is about all three. Edie comes from a family of troublemakers. When her activist parents leave Paris to protest around the globe, her talent for mischief lands her in hot water with her strict grandmother, who packs her off to the School of the Good Sisters to make her into a 'proper young lady'. But this is no ordinary school: here, the nuns teach genuinely useful things, like how to build a perfect library, cater for midnight feasts and make poison darts. Adventurous Edie feels right at home – until a school trip to her actual home in Paris is planned. Things in her grandmother's chateau are not as they were, however, and soon Edie and her rebellious friends are embroiled in a mystery involving a precious painting, a very persistent burglar and a secret from her grandmother's past...

How to Be True

In this delightfully zany yet heartwarming novel, a young girl and her friends take Paris by storm. Edie Berger is a prankster, the daughter of activists, and a revolutionary in her own right. Paris is Edie’s home and her favorite place in the world. But when her parents decide to travel the globe fighting for good causes, Edie is left in the care of Odette, her strict grandmother—and, ultimately, shipped off to boarding school in England. A school trip finds Edie back in the streets of Paris, exploring with her friends and forced to confront the grandmother who sent her away. But is there more to Odette than Edie realizes? Featuring madcap adventures, pastries, macarons, an intrepid army of first-years, a secret underground network of nuns, a truly excellent art heist, and lots of bravery, this is a story about loving with your whole heart and standing up for what you believe in.

In this delightful follow up to How to Be Brave, a familiar character from Daisy May Johnson's first book takes center stage. Edie Berger is the daughter of activists and a revolutionary (and a bit of a prankster) in her own right.

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