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Twitch

The Twitchers, Book 1

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From the internationally best-selling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series comes the first book in The Twitchers, a brand-new mystery-adventure series celebrating friendship, bravery and the incredible world of birds, starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch!

Can a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict?

Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for bird-spotting. On the first day of the summer holidays, he arrives at his secret birdwatching hide to find police everywhere: a convicted robber has broken out of prison and is hiding in Aves Wood. Can Twitch use his talents for bird-spotting to hunt for the dangerous prisoner and find the missing loot?

©2021 M. G. Leonard (P)2021 W F Howes Animals Animals & Nature Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Friendship
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Just enough excitement and suspense. 7 and 9 year old loved it! We bought it to listen to in the car but had to bring it in the house and carry on as they couldn't bare to wait!

Brilliant!

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Twitch is a boy with an interesting hobby. Twitch loves caring for birds. But when this interesting hobby leads to uncovering a crime, the police don't know about, how will he be able to help? What will happen to his bullies? And how can the birds play their part?

Great facts about birds interspersed in a riviting mystery!

It's a great story with lots of facts

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I am so so grateful to have found this book. At thirty-two years old, I still adore reading children's books. I find they're incredibly hit and miss, but when I find a gem, it brings me such joy and comfort.
I absolutely fell in love with this book, which is a rare occurrence (fewer than ten books have captured my heart in this way, and none of the others are children's books). It made me feel like it was summer, and brought me such hope for the future.
To see a book about a friendship between two boys, bonding over an activity that isn't coded as masculine by society, where one of those boys is able to push past the toxic masculinitIy that's already taking hold of him - it felt powerful, beautiful and hopeful.
The characters were so endearing, any one of them could be your favourite (though mine were definitely Jack and the next door neighbour).
It's also really encouraging to read a book where children are interacting so meaningfully and intentionally with nature. I absolutely love insects, and feel a hyper fixation on birds is now on the horizon.
Thank you to M G Leonard for both writing and reading this beautiful story, I'm so excited to read more by you.

I'm in love with this book

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Jack is not a bad guy I like it he is my favourite character / good book

Good

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I’m leaving a review for the whole ofthis series, but it is just so good. I read the books before listening to the audio, but both of them just give this magical feeling. It has such great, well developed characters and a beautiful twisty plot that I would recommend it for anyone the age of 9 upward!!!

Simply the best book series I’ve ever read.

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