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13 July 2020

Time-slip mind-flip! Read an extract from The Secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri

Time-slip mind-flip! Read an extract from The Secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri

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Chapter 1

Library

I’m in the library. I should be happy. Libraries are great! Free books! Shelves of them to explore! Many good places to hide from Taylor Dellabella.

So yeah – I should love the library. But the truth is that Freedom Valley Primary School library is one of the most stressful places on the planet apart from sitting next to Taylor Dellabella on the bus to a school camp where you are also sharing her cabin.

The library stresses me out because it is part of Freedom Valley Primary School. Our principal, The Enforcer (you’re right, that’s not her real name. Her real name is Ms Anthrope), just loves rules. The Enforcer can even make rules about rules – in fact, RULE NUMBER ONE is DO NOT BREAK RULES. So it goes without saying that the library has a million rules. Not just the usual library rules. You probably know them:

  • Do not return books late.
  • Do not damage books in any way, shape or form.
  • Do not bring drinks into the library.
  • Do not scribble in books – even if you are really good at drawing and use your best textas.
  • Do not eat in the library – and that includes cough lozenges even when you have a bad cough and the only way to be silent in silent reading and not have a coughing fit is to suck on a cough lolly.

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Publisher details

The Secret Library of Hummingbird House
Author
Julianne Negri
Publisher
Affirm Press
Genres
Children’s Fiction, Fiction
Released
30 June, 2020
ISBN
9781925870497

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Synopsis

Hattie Maxwell is trying to make sense of her life since the Big Split. It used to be the four of them – Mum, Dad, Ivy and Hattie – against the universe. But lately it feels like she’s a lone star in a big galaxy. Her one escape is Hummingbird House, an old mansion with a giant mulberry tree just perfect for climbing to hide from the world.So when Hattie learns that the house is going to be demolished, she is determined to save it. A midnight visit becomes a step back in time, and Hummingbird House reveals its secrets: a hidden library, a mysterious new friend, and a lost treasure that could help stop the development. Can the past help Hattie to fix her present?A brilliant time-slip novel with a contemporary twist, The Secret Library of Hummingbird House celebrates standing up, speaking out and letting go of the past.
Julianne Negri
About the author

Julianne Negri

Julianne Negri has been a musician, eco-crafter, television host, screenwriter and filmmaker. Through it all, writing has been her one constant, be it writing a song or instructions for how to crochet a doily from a plastic bag. In 2018 she received the Australian Society of Authors Emerging Writer’s Mentorship Award. In 2014 she was runner-up in the Scarlet Stiletto Short Story Award and in 2015 was Highly Commended in the Southern Cross Short Story Award.Julianne works in libraries on programs for children and teens and presents storytimes. She has five children, is a voracious reader and lives in Melbourne. The Secret Library of Hummingbird House is her first novel.

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