The Bookshop Girl, Sylvia Bishop
The Bookshop Girl, Sylvia Bishop
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The Bookshop Girl

Author: Sylvia Bishop

Narrator: Ashleigh Cheadle

Unabridged: 2 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2017

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

This story is about a little girl named Property Jones, so-called because she was left in the lost property cupboard of a bookshop when she was five years old. Property loves living in the bookshop, but she has a secret - she can't actually read! So Property doesn't see the newspaper article announcing the chance to win the Montgomery Book Emporium, a magical place filled with books and a very bad-tempered cat. But all is not at it seems at the Emporium and soon Property finds herself in a whole heap of trouble.

Interest Age 7+

Reviews

Goodreads review by SoRoLi (Sonja) ♡ on January 14, 2023

Ein elfjähriges Mädchen lebt mit der Mutter und dem Bruder in einem Buchladen. Der Buchladen läuft nicht mehr so gut, und somit ergreifen sie die Chance, als es einen großen und gewinnbringenden Buchladen zu gewinnen gibt! Unglaublich eigentlich, aber die drei gewinnen sogar noch. Doch schnell stell......more

Goodreads review by Tisha on August 01, 2018

আমার খুব ভালো লাগে যখন ইন্টারনেট ঘেঁটে আমি ভালো কোন বইয়ের খোঁজ পাই। এই বইটাও সেভাবেই পাওয়া। বইয়ের নামটা দেখেই এত ভালো লেগে গিয়েছিল যে ডাউনলোড দিয়েই পড়তে বসে গিয়েছি! বইটা এত্তো মজার! বইয়ের গল্প হল Property Jones (একজন মানুষের নাম কিভাবে Property হতে পারে, সে ব্যাপারে খটকা লাগা স্বাভাবিক। কিন্ত......more

Goodreads review by Trish on January 06, 2020

One day last year, I was in one of the bookshops in the town where I work and while browsing as I sometimes do, my fingers suddenly carressed the spine of this one. The German hardcover edition of this book, mind you. As is the case with food, so it is with reading. That is to say that with books it......more

Goodreads review by Darla on September 11, 2018

Property Jones is a delightful heroine and many kids who struggle with reading will be able to relate to her secret. The Marvelous Emporium is a booklover's dream come true and reading this book gave me some Willy Wonka vibes and Series of Unfortunate Event vibes. Love the illustrations and the kitt......more

Goodreads review by Mehsi on April 05, 2017

I have been looking forward to this book for months, ever since I first saw it pop up on Twitter. I just had to have the book, a book about book stores? About a girl not being able to read while living in a book store? With mystery? I can hear you say: What? The MC lives in a book store but can't rea......more