Charlie Archbold
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Charlie Archbold

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Charlie Archbold is a children’s author with a deep love for storytelling. Her books have won the Readings Prize, a Davitt award, the Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript award and received CBCA Notable and Honour awards. Charlie is a Premier’s Reading Challenge Ambassador and writes characters who want to make things better in their world.

Books by Charlie Archbold
The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat
Charlie Archbold

Middle-grade readers can join the Sugarcane kids as they collect clues and try to solve a mystery in this bright, fun and captivating Australian adventure.

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The Sugarcane Kids and the Mystery at Angel Bay
Charlie Archbold

The delightful new middle-grade novel in the Sugarcane Kids series, which began with the award-winning The Red-bottomed Boat.

‘Trust us when we say, the whole series is delightful!’ Readings

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The Sugarcane Kids and the Empty Cage
Charlie Archbold

The delightful sequel to The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat, winner of the Readings Children's Prize. The Sugarcane Kids are back in another epic adventure set in tropical north Queensland

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