Alice to the Rescue New edition
| By: | Judi Curtin |
| Publisher: | O'Brien Press |
| Published: | May 2015 |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Categories: | Childrens |
| Language: | English |
| Available as: | Paperback |
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Winning is a good thing, isn’t it? Everyone in first year is really excited about the big prize in the English essay competition – four months in France – and Alice has a good chance of winning. Megan loves writing essays, but she doesn’t want to win – go away for four months alone, no way! She doesn’t want Alice to go either – why would anyone want to go abroad without her best friend? But Alice seems determined to win …
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