THE BOTHER WITH THE BONKILLYKNOCK BEAST

There are those who hunt monsters to harm them and there are those who hunt monsters to help them. Which one are you?

Mary-Kate and her granny are going to stay at a very quiet castle near a very quiet Loch in the Scottish village of Bonkillyknock. The perfect destination for reading beside fireplaces, going for long walks in galoshes and drinking cups of tea with Granny's old friends. At least, that's what Mary-Kate thinks. However, this is no ordinary reunion - it's a World Society of Monster Hunters' conference. So, when an ear-shattering howl interrupts the convention, Mary-Kate isn't too anxious. After all, the experts are on hand to investigate. But when the castle kitchen is turned upside-down and the experts suspect the usually secretive Loch Morgavie monster, Mary-Kate isn't sure the clues add up. Could there be some other kind of beastly problem bothering Bonkillyknock Castle? Miss Mary-Kate Martin might only be a beginner, but she's determined to get to the end of this monstrous mystery in the third exciting instalment in the Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters series. Karen Foxlee writes for both kids and young adults: Her first novel The Anatomy of Wings won numerous awards including the Dobbie Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy, Karen's first novel for children, was published internationally to much acclaim. A Most Magical Girl, Karen's second novel for younger readers, won the Readings Children's Fiction Prize in 2017 and was CBCA shortlisted the same year. Lenny's Book of Everything, which was also internationally successful, won multiple awards including the NSW Premier's Literary Award, the Indies Book Award, the Queensland Literary Award, was a CBCA Honour Book and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Dragon Skin was published in October 2021 and is currently short-listed for the Children's Book of the Year, Indie Book Awards. Karen lives in Queensland. Freda Chiu is an author and illustrator from Sydney. As well as illustrating children's books, her work spans comics, editorial and retail graphics. Outside her art practice, Freda lectures in Illustration at the University of Technology Sydney. Her books include Last Place Lin and A Trip to the Hospital.