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In conclusion, #TheLizzieandBelleMysteriesDramaandDanger by J.T. Williams is a highly entertaining and informative middle-grade mystery book that is perfect for young readers who enjoy historical fiction and detective stories. The book's engaging plot, lovable characters, and fascinating historical setting make it an excellent choice for parents and educators who are looking for inspiring and educational literature for children. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery story with a historical twist. I give it a solid 4/5 star rating. Liz Bankes, editorial director and Aleena Hasan editorial assistant at HarperCollins imprint Farshore, formerly Egmont, acquired world rights in all languages from Jasmine Richards at Storymix. The first title will be published on 4th August 2022, with a second book to follow in summer 2023. In Lizzie Sancho, I created a historical character with a contemporary voice. She refuses eighteenth-century etiquette: doesn’t wear dresses, won’t curtsey. She’s street-smart. Through Lizzie’s coolly observant narration of Drama and Danger, readers can experience the world of the eighteenth century with a witty slant. It’s a really interesting mystery and I loved the way it was written, I loved the adventure it took Lizzie on, though at times I was scared for her. It wasn’t a safe world and she did a lot of things without considering the consequences or dangers to it all. This story had my heart racing and it got quite scary and tense, I didn’t see any of it coming and it was scary. These girls were powerful though an incredibly brave, they solved everything even after knowing all the dangers that lurked around them. A former primary school teacher, Williams champions reading and writing for pleasure. She brings a wealth of experience as a creative writing facilitator for the British Library and in schools across the UK.
Liz Bankes, editorial directorand Aleena Hasan, editorial assistant, acquired world rights in all languages from Jasmine Richards at Storymix. The first title will bepublished on 4th August 2022, with a second book to follow in summer 2023. A phan mae tad Lizzie, sy’n actor, bron yn cael ei ladd gan siandelïer sy’n cwympo, mae’r ddwy yn gwybod nad damwain oedd hyn. A fedr Lizzie a Belle ddefnyddio’u cyfeillgarwch newydd a stopio’r darpar lofrudd? I am begging you: if you don’t find the life of your key character fundamentally interesting, go and find someone else to write about!
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No child of 12 can afford an already embroidered handkerchief. It’s much more likely anyway that she’d have bought a hanky and embroidered it herself, because that’s what women did. Most better off women learned to sew at the same time as they learned their letters and were highly skilled) Dido Belle was great-niece to the Earl of Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice who was famously involved in two important cases involving slavery, the Sommersett Case and the Zong Massacre Case. The one thing that annoyed me was the way their approach to mystery solving is from the 20th/21st century. I received a review copy of the audiobook from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. It has not affected my opinions. I was was ok with the historical aspect. I feel like the author chose to soften the history to make it accessible for middle grade. A lot.
The only criticism of the book is that some parts of the story feel a bit rushed and underdeveloped. There are times when the plot feels a bit too convenient, and some of the character development could have been more nuanced. Nonetheless, these issues do not detract significantly from the overall enjoyment of the book. Thank you so much author for the historical note at the end. It was really helpful and informative. The synopsisreads: "Twelve-year old girls Lizzie Sancho and Dido Belle are from different worlds – Lizzie lives in Westminster in her dad’s tea shop, while Belle is an heiress being brought up by her aunt and uncle at grand Kenwood House – but they both share a love of solving mysteries. When their eyes meet in the audience of the Drury Lane theatre one night, both girls are sure they’ve seen something suspicious on stage. Lizzie and Belle soon find themselves on the trail of a mystery – and becoming best friends. Can they work out what is going on in time to prevent a murder?" The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger is winner of The Week Junior Children’s Book of the Year: Breakthrough Award, and shortlisted for the Waterstones 2023 Children’s Book Prize!Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning.
The author has done a good job of adding historical facts within the storyline without it feeling like a history lesson. Lizzie and Belle are both sensible, likable characters and the secondary characters are all believable. Each mystery centres a different theme. In the first book, Drama and Danger, the girls form a friendship to solve a crime at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, but end up uncovering a much darker plot that threatens their families and their community. Twelve-year-olds Lizzie Sancho and Dido Belle are from different worlds – Lizzie lives in Westminster in her dad’s tea shop, while Belle is an heiress being brought up by her aunt and uncle at grand Kenwood House – but they both share a love of solving mysteries. And after saving Lizzie’s father from attempted murder surely there is no threat too challenging for this detective duo? Once again it is up to the two girls to unveil the truth and put an end to the corruption that plagues the city. Women didn’t really wear dresses as we think of them now, they wore layers and pieces tied together
Space was at a premium. Believe me, neither Lizzie nor Tom the stage hand is going to have a room to themselves. Tom is ,likely to be renting a bed, or even a share in a bed, and that’s if he’s doing well. Joanna Williams aka Joanna Brown is a writer and educator, and was the runner up but ‘highly recommended’ for the Life Writing Prize 2020 with Birds can be heard singing through open windows, a piece on maternal bonding and loss. Joanna also facilitates creative writing workshops. Last year she was involved in the development of the literary education programme Africa Writes: Young Voices, linking poets with London school students to explore writing from Africa and the diaspora.
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