A Belinda Robinson Novel Series by Margaret Pearce

Her grandmother rides a vacuum cleaner. Her cat talks–when he feels like it. And nothing will ever be ordinary again.

When Grandmother Matilda arrives with twinkling green eyes, a pretty straw hat, and a grumpy Siamese cat named Senna, Belinda Robinson’s lonely world transforms overnight.

Across three adventures, Belinda and her friends Kate and Amanda discover that their kittens have a very unusual talent, that some houses hold secrets far older than anyone imagined, and that courage means solving problems nobody else can.

For readers aged 8–12 who love magical adventures, remarkable animals, and heroines who take matters into their own hands.

 

A Belinda Robinson Novel Book 1: Belinda and the Witch’s Cat

Her grandmother rides a vacuum cleaner. Her cat talks when he feels like it. And Belinda Robinson’s life will never be the same.

Matilda arrives with silky white hair under a pretty straw hat, twinkling green eyes, and a dimple at the corner of her mouth. She smells of flowers. She bakes perfect scones. She builds a tree house overnight in the big gum tree. And she brings a grumpy Blue-point Siamese cat named Senna who wears a narrow leather collar with a gold bell and has very strong opinions about modern transportation.

But Matilda has secrets.

The vacuum cleaner hums at midnight. The television shows things it shouldn’t. And Senna? He talks in a deep, velvety voice that is exactly what you would expect from a cat who considers himself royalty.

Belinda has always been the new girl. No cousins, no siblings, no friend who lasted. But Matilda changes everything. Suddenly there is athletic Kate with her blonde curls and reckless bravery, and lonely Amanda with her glossy hair and sharp mind hiding behind a snooty exterior. There is Miss Higgins in her haunted mansion, who went to a very unusual school with Matilda; a school where cats studied catography and feline thermodynamics. And there are midnight flights over moonlit trees.

But when Matilda’s temper flares and everything goes terribly wrong, it is up to Belinda and her friends to set things right on their own, armed with a borrowed flying carpet, a crystal ball, and courage they did not know they had.

The first enchanting adventure in the Belinda Robinson series.

Genre: Mid-Grade Reader/Fantasy

ISBN: 978-1-921636-44-8

ISBN PRINT D2D: 9798201112127

Print: 978-1-922066-58-9

Word Count: 17, 453

 

A Belinda Robinson Novel Book 2: Belinda and the Holidays it Rained

It should have been a fun school holiday. Instead, Belinda’s world falls apart.

When her father’s car is found crashed on a rain-swept coastal road, with no sign of him anywhere, the police suspect he wrecked the car, stole the firm’s money, and disappeared. But Belinda knows her dad would never do that.

Armed with determination, her two best friends Kate and Amanda, and three very unusual kittens that let them understand the speech of the animals around them, Belinda sets out into the wild bush to find her father.

But the rain will not stop. The floodwaters are rising. And the animals of the coast: grumpy possums with opinions about everything, a gentle giant horse who knows his own shortcuts, and a loyal lost dog with a red spotted bow tie and his own mystery to solve, might be the only ones who can help.

A heartwarming middle-grade adventure about friendship, courage, and never giving up on the people you love.

Genre: Mid-Grade/Adventure/Fantasy

ISBN: 978-1-921636-47-9

ISBN PRINT D2D: 9798201282196

ASIN: B004I8WRMO

Word Count: 16, 801

 

A Belinda Robinson Novel Book 3: Belinda and the Missing Will

A missing will. A crumbling mansion. A stone griffin that seems to be watching.

When Belinda Robinson discovers that kind old Miss Higgins has been living in poverty, with her electricity cut off and barely enough to eat, she is determined to help. Miss Higgins’ father wrote a second will before he died, one that would have changed everything. But the will vanished after his death, and no one has found it since.

Together with her friends Kate and Amanda, Belinda searches Miss Higgins’ crumbling mansion from the tower above the rooftops to the secret rooms hidden deep in its walls. They even start selling Miss Higgins’ famous cumquat jam to help her make ends meet.

But the house is strangely bare. Where has forty years of furniture and belongings gone? And why does the stone griffin on the rooftop seem to watch them wherever they go?

Meanwhile, Belinda’s grandmother Matilda, who has a few extraordinary secrets of her own, keeps a careful eye on proceedings. And the talking Siamese cat Sennacherib seems to know far more than any cat should.

Some old houses hold secrets far stranger than a hidden will. And Belinda is about to find out just how strange.

Book 3 in the Belinda Robinson series, cosy middle-grade mysteries where everyday adventures meet gentle magic.

Genre: Mid-Grade Reader

ISBN: 978-1-921636-64-6

ISBN PRINT D2D: 9798201024918

Word Count: 18, 425