It is the second of February - Romy von Arx's eleventh birthday - and it is snowing. This is no reason whatsoever not to have a pool party. Floating in the steam of the heated pool, watching fat white snowflakes melt over the turquoise water, Romy makes a birthday wish. She will not tell a single soul what it is. Not Liesl. Not the boys. Not even Biscuit, the smallest and most dramatic puppy in Switzerland.
What follows is the best year of her life: a sledding day, a Great Escape, a secret club in a treehouse, a rival named Cordelia von Hofen, one entirely unexpected cow, and an island called Elyra. And at the end of it, waiting quietly behind everything else - the biggest change of all. Book Two of the Romy von Arx series - a comedy for ages 9-12 by Maisie Fox.
It is the second of February - Romy von Arx's eleventh birthday - and it is snowing. This is no reason whatsoever not to have a pool party. Floating in the steam of the heated pool, watching fat white snowflakes melt over the turquoise water, Romy makes a birthday wish. She will not tell a single soul what it is. Not Liesl. Not the boys. Not even Biscuit, the smallest and most dramatic puppy in Switzerland.
What follows is the best year of her life: a sledding day, a Great Escape, a secret club in a treehouse, a rival named Cordelia von Hofen, one entirely unexpected cow, and an island called Elyra. And at the end of it, waiting quietly behind everything else - the biggest change of all. Book Two of the Romy von Arx series - a comedy for ages 9-12 by Maisie Fox.