Hidden Charm

In the 8th Star Friends adventure, business is slow at the Copper Kettle café until suddenly, mysteriously, everyone wants cakes! Can Mia, Sita, Lexi, and Violet figure out what's going on? With black-and-white illustrations throughout.

In this 8th Star Friends adventure, business is slow at the Copper Kettle café until one day when suddenly, mysteriously, everyone wants cakes! In fact, the townspeople want the cakes so much that they get angry when they can't have them. Mia. Sita, Lexi, and Violet suspect that dark magic might be at work—but can they figure out who is behind it with the help of their Star Animals? With black-and-white illustrations throughout.

In the Star Friends chapter book series, Mia and her friends Lexi, Sita, and Violet all discover that they are Star Friends -- they can communicate with the animals that have traveled from the Star World. The animals show the girls how to use their unique magic abilities to do good. A whole world of magical adventures awaits!

Linda Chapman is the best-selling author of over 200 books. The biggest compliment Linda can have is for a child to tell her they became a reader after reading one of her books. Linda lives in a cottage with a tower in Leicestershire with her husband, three children, two dogs, and one pony. When she's not writing, Linda likes to ride, read, and visit schools and libraries to talk to people about writing.

Lucy Fleming has been an avid doodler and bookworm since early childhood. Drawing always seemed like so much fun but she never dreamed it could be a full-time job! She lives and works in a small town in England with her partner and a little black cat. When not at her desk she likes nothing more than to be outdoors in the sunshine with a cup of hot tea.