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Frances Bloom: Dangerous Days (Frances Bloom, #2)

The new book in the cheeky illustrated children's series from the award-winning author of THE TRAVELLING BOOKSHOP and RABBIT, SOLDIER, ANGEL, THIEF
Series: Frances Bloom
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Relish in mischief, adventure and the most unusual family ever, with the bestselling and multi-award-winning Katrina Nannestad. Frances Bloom: Dangerous Days transports readers into a world where Frances Bloom's dreams have come true. Her grandparents are a honey-coloured bear and a garden gnome. Nasty Ms Thistle... Read More
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Relish in mischief, adventure and the most unusual family ever, with the bestselling and multi-award-winning Katrina Nannestad.

Frances Bloom: Dangerous Days transports readers into a world where Frances Bloom's dreams have come true. Her grandparents are a honey-coloured bear and a garden gnome. Nasty Ms Thistle has been taken to Harsh Island Home for Unwanted Teachers and Cats. Her class is taught by a retired pirate and a busker, surrounded by many friends amidst huge happiness. So why is she troubled?

Could it be the mean cats that are new to the village, the talking bush in her garden, the stolen tricycle, or the feeling that she's being followed?

Can Frances work it out before disaster strikes?

Delight in the cheeky antics of eight-year-old Frances Bloom with multi-award-winning Australian author Katrina Nannestad.

Series: Frances Bloom

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  • Frances Bloom: Dangerous Days (Frances Bloom, #2)
    Relish in mischief, adventure and the most unusual family ever, with the bestselling and multi-award-winning Katrina Nannestad. Frances Bloom: Dangerous Days transports readers into a world where Frances Bloom's dreams have come true. Her grandparents are a honey-coloured bear and a garden gnome. Nasty Ms Thistle has been taken to Harsh Island Home for Unwanted Teachers and Cats. Her class...
    Paperback
    $1700
    Elsewhere:
    $1999
    Backorder
    Ships mid August
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    Frances Bloom: Star Rescue (Frances Bloom #3)
    Relish in mischief, adventure and the most unusual family ever, with the bestselling and multi-award-winning Katrina Nannestad. Frances Bloom: Star Rescue immerses readers in the delightful world of Frances Bloom, who has everything she needsโ€”a cottage by the sea, a fairyfloss machine and grandparents who never say, 'Don't!' Life is perfect until Steven Starmaker begins searching for his runaway movie...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781460718612

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 April 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: ABC Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Marina Zlatanova

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 300g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Katrina Nannestad is a multi-award-winning Australian author. Her books include the CBCA-shortlisted We Are Wolves, The Girl Who Brought Mischief, The Travelling Bookshop series, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Frances Bloom series, the Olive of Groves series, the Red Dirt Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series, The Story Writer's Handbook: Adventures in Creative Writing, the historical novels Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, Waiting for the Storks, Silver Linings and All the Beautiful Things, and the picture book A Song for the King. Katrina grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent raising boys, teaching, daydreaming and pursuing her love of stories. Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing. She also loves creating stories that bring joy or hope to other people's lives. Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria with her husband, a silly whippet called Olive and a mob of kangaroos. www.katrinanannestad.com Marina Zlatanova is a Bulgarian-born designer, illustrator and printmaker living in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. She has illustrated several picture books to date, including Charlie's Shell, her debut as an author, which won a Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year award. Her style is varied and eclectic, using a diverse range of media -- from watercolour and inks to digital illustration and block printing -- but her love for depicting the humorous and endearing always underpins her creations.

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