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FICTION
Sticky Pines series
Dashe Roberts
• From US writer Dashe Roberts comes an exciting three-part middle-grade series, where Stranger Things meets The X-Files
• Spooky, fast-paced and concept-driven, making it perfect for reluctant readers
When twelve-year-old, UFO-obsessed, Lucy Sladan sneaks out in the
middle of a thunderstorm to investigate the unexplained disappearances
in her hometown of Sticky Pines, she finds more than she bargained for:
a huge hairy creature, a thirteen-year-old stranger named Milo Fisher and
a deep-rooted secret. Together, Lucy and Milo become entwined in a mystery that threatens to engulf the whole town and its weird and wonderful residents.
• Spooky
• Nail-biting • Friendship
Age: 9+ • Price: £6.99 • Extent: 304pp • Word count: 45,000 Format: B-format paperback • Rights sold: Italian, Polish
‘‘Written with wit and humour, Roberts has created a fun new series reminiscent of The X-Files but pitched perfectly for 9-12 year-olds’’ BookTrust
Dashe Roberts spent most of her life in California and studied Psychology and Film at UC Berkeley. After several years working
in New York as a playwright and actress, she moved to London and received an MA in Children’s Literature. Dashe loves stories that contain elements of mystery, adventure and the uncanny.