They meet the store’s charismatic erstwhile owner, Albert Montgomery, and tour the unbelievable store with its fascinating system of rotating thematic book rooms. When Netty enters and wins a contest to become owner of the Great Montgomery Book Emporium, the Jones family thinks their troubles are solved. Netty Jones owns a small, unsuccessful bookshop called the White Hart, and runs it alongside her son Michael, as well as Property. Property also a big secret, which is a hard one to hide when one lives and works in a bookstore – she can’t read. What did you like about the book? 11-year-old Property Jones – so named because she was found at age 5 in the lost property cupboard of a bookstore and subsequently adopted by the store’s owner Netty Jones – has to outsmart a pretty dastardly villain in this sweet paean to books and bookstores. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 The Bookshop Girl – Sylvia Bishop illustrated by Poly Bernatene.
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