Hetty and the Battle of the Books

Written by Anna James & illustrated by Jez Tuya

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9 - 12

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Jul 7, 2022

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What's This Book About

Publisher Summary

A passionate campaign brings four best friends back together in a fight to save their school library in this heartfelt tale from bestselling author Anna James.A passionate campaign brings four best friends back together in a fight to save their school library in this heartfelt tale from the bestselling author of Pages &amp; Co.The library is Hetty’s very favourite place in school, and since falling out with her best friends Ali, Mei and Rocket she’s been spending even more time there. So she’s absolutely horrified when she learns that her head teacher is planning to close it down, claiming there aren’t enough funds to keep the library going.There’s no way Hetty’s going to sit back and let this happen. But can she repair her broken friendships and build support for her library campaign?Let the Battle of the Books commence!

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Author

Anna James

Anna James is a writer and journalist. She was a school librarian before joining The Bookseller as their book news editor. She now writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and chairs events at bookshops and literary festivals across the UK. She lives in north London, in a flat full of books.

Illustrator

Jez Tuya

Jez is an illustrator based in Wellington, New Zealand. He’s done a lot of books and projects in the children’s publishing industry, and has occasionally dabbled as a character designer/concept artist for film and tv animation. When he’s not drawing, he enjoys reading historical things, cooking things, and the odd hike or two.