Operation handsome - Margaret Ryan

Nothing's been the same since Grandma Aphrodite came to stay from Australia. For starters, Abby's mum has finally found a boyfriend, and is acting like a teenager around him.

And now Grandma's husband, Handsome Harris, has disappeared. Abby and her grandmother decide to enlist the help of one of Aphrodite's old boyfriends, by visiting him in jail. But the plot thickens. Could Handsome REALLY have been kidnapped by the Australian mafia?

One thing's for sure, Abby and her grandma will soon be hot on Handsome's trail ...

Margaret Ryan is a full-time writer, after a long career as a primary school teacher. She is now an established children's author and travels extensively throughout Scotland, England and Wales visiting schools and libraries. In 2000, she won the Scottish Arts' Council Book Award.

Books for children seeking something more original ... can make all the difference. Margaret Ryan, Rose Impey and Shoo Rayner are amongst those serving this market with diligence and skill.
The Guardian

Hover Boy: 'Popular Scottish author, Margaret Ryan, has the recipe just right. Her not-so-secret ingredient is a well-developed sense of humour ... illustrated with Nicola Slater's stylishly retro line drawings.'
The Scotsman

Operation Boyfriend: 'We loved it!'
Blush magazine

Hover Boy: 'An eye-catching jacket and inside illustrations, an intriguing central premise ... Good-fun reads in which the humour is gently targeted.'
TES Teacher

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