Meet the author Jacqueline Harvey

Jacqueline Harvey is coming to Hornsby Library to launch her brand new book The Girl and the Ghost.

When almost-thirteen-year-old Josephine Eloise Thomas moves from Sydney to a chateau in the southwest of France, she expects many adventures. What she doesn’t expect is to find a beautiful gold locket with the ghost of Louis XVII trapped inside! After being accidently released, he is annoying and strange. Then there’s Gabriel. Definitely not a ghost. Gabriel and Josephine work to solve the mystery of Louis and the locket as well as discovering secrets about her new neighbours.

Jacqueline Harvey worked in schools for many years but has had a passion for storytelling since she was a child. She is the author of the popular Alice-Miranda, Clementine Rose, Kensy and Max and Willa and Woof series, which have sold almost two million copies in Australia alone. In 2022, she released a picture book, That Cat, illustrated by one of her former students, Kate Isobel Scott. The pair has since gone son to publish The Daring Tale of Gloria the Great and the Kevin the Sheep series. Jacqueline’s books have received numerous shortlistings and awards while her picture book, The Sound of the Sea, was a CBCA Honour Book.

Jacqueline speaks to thousands of young people at schools and festivals around the world and says the characters in her books are often made up of the best bits of children she’s met over the years.

This event will be followed by a book signing and books available to purchase at the Library.

Ages: 6+.  Children 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult.