The Story of Swoop
Matt Owens
RRP $19.99
Scholastic
One day, an injured baby magpie, as yet too young to fly, was rescued from the side of the road by volunteer firefighter Matt Owens. He named the magpie ‘Swoop’ and took it home to care for it. Surprisingly, Matt’s black cat, Mogli, and Swoop formed a close relationship, walking, eating and napping together.
The Murders at Fleat House
Lucinda Riley
RRP $37.99
Pan Macmillan
is a suspenseful and utterly compelling crime novel from the author of the multimillion-selling The Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen’s – a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk – is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a
