Author(s): PHOEBE MCARTHUR

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You wouldn't think that cleaning your room would get you into so much trouble. Lucy tried hard to tidy her bedroom, just as Mum had told her to, without using magic. The problem was the room didn't seem to know that. Every time Lucy returned from a well-earned break from cleaning up, she found her room tidier than ever. Lucy, unfairly grounded, for tidying her room WITHOUT magic, soon begins to think her house might be haunted by a ghost who loves cleaning. A sequel to Lucy Newton, Little Witch, and Lucy Newton: Cat Trouble. AGES: 6 to 9 AUTHOR: Phoebe McArthur lives in a run-down, yet cosy cottage in the middle of nowhere. She's not at all lonely thanks to her four cats, three chooks, two guinea pigs and her extensive library. If she's not tipping cats off her lap as she writes stories, she's cooking all sorts of yummy food, such as scones with extra cream and homemade blackberry jam, or doing art at the table near the window, which has the best view of her garden. Her first book, Lucy Newton, Little Witch, was published in 2018 and was short listed for the 2019 Speech Pathology Awards, and the sequel, Lucy Newton: Cat Trouble, was published in 2021. She has also published a middle-grade novel, Charlie Chaplin: The Usual Suspect, published by Eagle Books in July 2021.