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Fern and Newt and the Lost Loot - (Orca Echoes) by Mireille Messier (Paperback)
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Highlights
- It's Fern's birthday, and all she wants is a metal detector.
- 6-8 Years
- 7.63" x 5.25" Paperback
- 96 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Social Themes
- Series Name: Orca Echoes
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About the Book
In this illustrated early chapter book, Fern and her friend Newt help a neighbor with weeding and butterfly-egg collecting so they can earn money for a metal detector to help them find a jewelry box they lost at the beach.Book Synopsis
It's Fern's birthday, and all she wants is a metal detector.
Instead, she gets clothes and a mysterious long box that turns out to be a gardening tool from her neighbor, Madame Musette, with a note about coming over to pull weeds. Sigh. Fern and her friend Newt lost her older sister Nicole's jewelry box when they buried it at the beach, playing pirates. If they can just find it before Nicole returns from camp, they'll be in the clear. But the quest is impossible without a metal detector!
Fern and Newt need to earn the money to buy one themselves. Luckily, Madame Musette offers Fern five cents for every root pulled and Newt agrees to help too. The money adds up--but very slowly--until the friends discover that Madame Musette will pay even more for butterfly eggs so she can let them hatch safely before releasing them outside. With the summer slipping away and Nicole due home at any minute, will the friends be able to earn enough for a metal detector and find the treasure before it's too late?
About the Author
Mireille Messier is an awardwinning children's writer with a background in broadcasting and theater. Before becoming an author, Mireille worked as a television and radio host, a director, a researcher, a book reviewer and a voice actress. Mireille has published over thirty books, some in French, others in English, for children of all ages, including No Horses in the House! and Nevin Knows. Her books have been selected for many literary awards including the Governor General's Award, the Christopher Book Award, the Blue Spruce Award, the Rocky Mountain Book Award and the Hackmatack Award. In the summer, Mireille's mantel is often full of containers with cocoons!
Catarina Oliveira is a Portuguese-Canadian illustrator currently based in Portugal. She started her career as a graphic designer but decided that her love of children's books was too strong to ignore. Since then, she has been published in Portugal and North America. When she's not working, she enjoys making paper collages, cooking, hiking in the woods and going on trips around the world.
