The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2022

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks

By Emily Kenny

Part of the The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks series

An autistic girl discovers she can talk to animals and must solve a mystery of missing creatures.

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Alice Tonks, struggling to fit in at boarding school, discovers she can communicate with animals. As creatures mysteriously vanish, Alice realizes only she can uncover the truth. To solve the mystery, she must embrace her unique abilities and seek help from newfound friends, both human and animal. Can Alice find her voice and become the hero she never expected to be?

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What if you could talk to animals? Alice Tonks desperately wants to make friends at boarding school but, being autistic, she’s always found it hard to fit in. Then she discovers she is a “switcher” and can talk to animals. As she starts to explore her newfound abilities, to her horror she learns that creatures are going missing. Only Alice holds the key to solving the mystery and finding the culprit, but she’ll need to harness her full powers first. And to do that she’ll need a bit of help from her new friends–both human and animal. A story about finding your voice, friendship, and unlikely heroes, for fans of A Kind of Spark

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Format
Paperback
Pages
352
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Themes & topics
Books about animalsBooks about autismBooks about magicBooks about human-animal relationshipsBooks about girls and women
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Book details

Publication
Published
February 14, 2023
First published
January 1, 2022
Publisher
Rock the Boat
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780861542079

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