Property relies on her well-honed powers of observation (by which she is able to keep her secret concealed) to solve the case.įunny and fast-paced, the narrative of The Bookshop Girl is full of clever dialogue and rich vocabulary. Gimble, and launch an adventurous scheme to expose them. Property and Michael uncover a forgery plot involving Eliot Pink and his clever business partner Mr. On their first day of proprietorship, they meet a mysterious man named Eliot Pink, who informs the family that Montgomery owed him a great deal of money for a copy of a lost Shakespeare play Pink immediately begins to dismantle the Emporium. They meet the store’s charismatic erstwhile owner, Albert Montgomery, and tour the unbelievable store with its fascinating system of rotating thematic book rooms. When Netty enters and wins a contest to become owner of the Great Montgomery Book Emporium, the Jones family thinks their troubles are solved.

Netty Jones owns a small, unsuccessful bookshop called the White Hart, and runs it alongside her son Michael, as well as Property. Property also a big secret, which is a hard one to hide when one lives and works in a bookstore – she can’t read. What did you like about the book? 11-year-old Property Jones – so named because she was found at age 5 in the lost property cupboard of a bookstore and subsequently adopted by the store’s owner Netty Jones – has to outsmart a pretty dastardly villain in this sweet paean to books and bookstores. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4

The Bookshop Girl – Sylvia Bishop illustrated by Poly Bernatene.

The Bookshop Girl by Sylvia Bishop