Squishy Taylor and the Secret Envelope

Description

A hilarious junior fiction series from Ailsa Wild about solving mysteries, blending families and leaping to conclusions! Shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2020 (Eight to 10 Years) Sita 'Squishy' Taylor is a cheeky, sneaky 11-year-old who lives with her dad and step-family in a very crowded apartment. Luckily for Squishy, their building is huge ... and there's always plenty of mysteries to investigate! What's the best thing about hotel swimming pools? Can you live in two different places at once? How do you hide in plain sight? How do you make the biggest choice of your life? Australian superstar Squishy Taylor is a curious, likeable and instantly relatable hero for ALL kids aged 6 and up. She's part of a blended family - a new kind of normal for so many kids, whether it's a Modern Family or more of a Brady Bunch. Between nightly Skype-chats with her mum, dealing with a noisy baby or her two new 'bonus sisters', there's always a new challenge or exciting mystery to solve. Squishy Taylor and the Bonus Sisters (#1) was listed as a Notable Book in the 2017 CBCA Awards, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Readings Children's Book Prize. Squishy Taylor and the Tunnel of Doom (#6) was shortlisted for the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature in 2017. Squishy Taylor and the Secret Envelope (#10) was shortlisted for the 2020 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year and longlisted for the 2020 Davitt Awards for Crime Writing.

Ailsa Wild is an acrobat, whip cracker and teaching artist who wants to run away from the circus to become a writer.