Your Next Read Gold: The Guinea Fowl Mystery

Name: Your Next Read Gold: The Guinea Fowl Mystery
Brand: Simon & Schuster NZ
SKU: 9781923419377
Price: 15.0 NZD
Availability: InStock

By Amelia Mellor

Series: Your Next Read Gold

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Do you like MYSTERY, FAMILY and ANIMALS? Then this book is Your Next Read Gold: The Guinea Fowl Mystery. Hazel and Ava love all the animals on their family's farm... until the guinea fowl arrive. They're noisy, messy, and always causing trouble. Then one day, they... Read More

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Do you like MYSTERY, FAMILY and ANIMALS?

Then this book is Your Next Read Gold: The Guinea Fowl Mystery.

Hazel and Ava love all the animals on their family's farm... until the guinea fowl arrive. They're noisy, messy, and always causing trouble. Then one day, they disappear! Can Hazel and Ava solve the guinea fowl mystery?

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781923419377

Publisher: Affirm Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Affirm Kids

Contributors:

Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Amelia Mellor is an author, teacher and nature nerd. She is the creator of The Grandest Bookshop in the World, The Bookseller’s Apprentice and The Lost Book of Magic, a multi-award-winning historical fantasy trilogy based in Melbourne where she lives. She holds degrees from Monash University and The University of Melbourne. To find ideas for Oceanforged, Amelia spent three days at sea, swam with sharks, hiked in jungles, got lost in Italy, handled real pirate artefacts and scuba dived on a shipwreck. When she’s not writing or researching, she’s usually tending her collection of tropical fish or attempting a wildly ambitious craft project. You can find her at authorameliamellor.com and holding up traffic in museums.

Jess Racklyeft is an author and illustrator based in Fitzroy, Melbourne. From her home studio, Jess creates original paintings and prints for greeting card companies and various clients. But her favourite work of all is producing children's books! Jess has authored and illustrated several picture books and board books and has won several awards, including a CBCA Award.

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