Smith, Kate Gilby – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:51:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Smith, Kate Gilby – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Olive Jones and the Memory Thief https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/olive-jones-and-the-memory-thief/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=23686 ‘A fun-filled ride with spies and care homes! I loved it!” Maisie Chan, author of Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths

Olive Jones has just inherited her grandmother’s memories – through a mysterious new device called a Memoriser. But her grandma has left her a mystery in those memories. And now it’s up to Olive to solve it.

After her grandmother’s funeral, Olive learns she has inherited something unexpected: her grandmother’s memories.

Olive is surprised – her grandmother wasn’t a cuddly, affectionate kind of grandmother. Curious about what she might discover, Olive sets out to ‘watch’ the memories. But before she can, they’re stolen right from under her nose. Olive can’t understand why anybody would want to steal the memories. As far as she’d known, her grandmother had always lived an utterly ordinary life.

Following the trail of the thief, Olive begins to discover that her grandmother’s life wasn’t what she thought. As she unravels the secrets lurking in her grandmother’s past, she discovers clues Grandma Sylvie left her. It’s up to Olive to solve the mystery of the memory thief, and in the process, learn about the incredible life and adventures of the grandmother she has never really known.

A contemporary story for 9+ readers with a futuristic twist, perfect for fans of Ross Welford.

]]> The Astonishing Future of Alex Nobody https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-astonishing-future-of-alex-nobody/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=13630 ‘A wonderful time-travelling adventure with more twists and turns than the hands of a clock on a helter-skelter. Alex and Jasper are a fantastic dynamic duo, and the book has genuine friendship and warmth at the heart of a timey-wimey mystery. I loved it.’
– L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency

Have you ever thought what it might be like if you were famous in the future? A brilliant middle-grade adventure for fans of Ross Welford – a story about friendship, courage and embracing our talents even when they make us stand out.

On the day Alex was born, crowds surrounded the hospital. On her first day of school, people spied from the gates. And recently, strangers came to watch her perform in her school play … as the llama.

But why? Alex has always been a nobody.

Then a mysterious boy named Jasper starts at school and he alone seems to know the answer. But before he can tell Alex, he disappears … into the future. Can Alex brave traveling into the future to discover what’s happened to him and to unravel the secret of her own astonishing destiny … before time runs out?


‘A great idea, pulled off with real panache … the whole thing is a delight’
Anthony McGowan, author of Lark

‘A joyous, inventive and original rollicking adventure’
Liz Hyder, author of Bearmouth

‘A brilliant page-turning, time travelling adventure, full of heart and filled with courage and friendship’
Jess Butterworth, author of Running on the Roof of the World

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