Two Brilliant Books for Young Readers

Just could not go past these two new children’s books without buying them! I am sure many younger and older readers will enjoy reading them too. One is fabulous fun with fine furry friends, and the other is an exciting adventure with intrepid young orphans in the big city. Read on…

A truly delightful book from start to finish. In ‘Hazel’s Treehouse’ author Zanni Louise has created adorable characters and oh so wonderful dialogue between a young girl Hazel and her four Australian bush animal friends. The treehouse is a snug place from which stories unfold and adventures begin. There are lovely little kindness explanations from Hazel when things go awry or plans go askew. She is like the older sister with rambunctious siblings, the one who peps things up or calms things down by showing a different way of looking at situations; particularly taming the dark before bedtime. But not always, as in ‘Small Pants Friday’ the rainy-stuck-inside-day when everyone gets a bit grumbly.

Then there’s Kevin, their new neighbour who has a continent-sized smile but a troubling agenda which causes Poky echidna to turn a bothered colour of grey. I’ll let you find out how that turns out. In ‘Hazel’s Treehouse’ the creativity, seasonal indoor and outdoor fun are beautifully rendered by Judy Watson, her joyous illustrations enhance the story and my favourite character is Odette, an active pademelon wallaby. When a little burst of reading happiness is needed, it is well worth having this gem on your kidlit bookshelf. Also suitable for a little bit of inspiration on those long lazy summer holidays. GBW 2024

Totally besotted with this book! I have read and adored previous books by author/illustrator Judith Rossell, featuring intrepid Stella Montgomery, and loved the stories so much I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a hardcover copy of ‘The Midwatch’ featuring unwanted orphan Maggie Fishbone and her adventures in what I think may be a parallel universe; although disconcertingly similar to early twentieth century America.

Maggie is banished to the notorious Midwatch Institute for Orphans and everything happens from there. Immersive, detailed and beautifully illustrated this is so unlike the world I inhabit yet similar at the same time. It is a story of fearless kind brave clever young characters speaking in the vernacular of that time, ready to face airships, scary monsters and villains. What does the ritzy Tiergarten Hotel hold..? A wardrobe but no lion, something far more ferocious. Then humour pops up at unexpected times.

Chapter 14, in the city library, is one of my favourites. “Nell’s eyes were shining. ‘I never knew there were so many books,’ she whispered. ‘Imagine reading them all. You’d know just about everything in the world, wouldn’t you?” As the story evolves, Maggie and her cohort have so much to investigate, a valuable brooch, a kidnapped friend, leading the reader not only with words and deeds, tension and suspense, but through the superb visualisations, and the occasional odd tip like “How to Escape from Quicksand”. I think this book is the bees knees for middle grade school readers looking for something different featuring engaging young adventurers. Good gravy there is even a chocolate cake recipe! GBW 2024

Rich dark chocolate cake baked by Dot Bernet from ‘The Midwatch’ recipe by author/illustrator Judith Rossell 2024

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Goodreads and Bad Goodreaders

What is it with the anonymous people who give a one-star rating on Goodreads without having read the book? I call them Bad Goodreaders. They don’t even pretend to know the author, the contents of the book or the country of origin. How foolish they appear to real readers by giving a well rated new book a one-star rating for no reason whatsoever.

I know this anonymous deceit is done, and done frequently throughout the Goodreads website. I have a very old volume of ‘King Anne’ written by Ethel Turner, pseudonym of Mrs. H.R. Curlewis, a well-known Australian children’s author in early 1900s. It is a hardcover book with illustrations, owned by my great-aunt and her sister who was my grandmother. It was bequeathed to me when I was a teenager and I though nothing about it until many years later.

As one does, I wrote a comprehensive illustrated blog post review— https://thoughtsbecomewords.com/2022/02/19/ethel-turner-wrote-more-than-seven-little-australians/

I believe the ‘King Anne’ book has been out-of-print for many many years; perhaps it will never be republished but rare copies are available. There is a blank bookcover on Goodreads but I posted the real bookcover with my review.

This book has attracted a couple of genuine star ratings and, without a shadow of doubt, two random one-star ratings from two anonymous people. It would seem to me that they did not know the author or the age of the book. It is not a contemporary story. Come on, one hundred years ago, guys! Of course, it may not be thrilling reading for today’s young readers but it’s part of the Australian classics and there is no need to give it a worthless rating just because you feel spiteful. Move on if you don’t know anything about it.

Are these Bad Goodreaders hiding behind anonymity because they are unhappy, bitter ex-readers who cannot bear a book to be successful or popular or well liked? Perhaps because they themselves are not liked? Are they lashing out with their single click because it represents the only meanness or passive/aggressive behaviour available to them without repercussions from social media or cyber police? There is no government body assigned to prosecute a non-reader, or issue a fine for a rating from an anonymous person who gives a single star reflecting their malcontent with life and literature.

Could these non-readers be resentful of devoted readers and perhaps authors they have met who are successful when they themselves have received publishers rejection? That seems feasible because we all know our own work is best. However, all the more reason to give another author a helping hand because “what is given is given in return”.

So next time, One-Star Reviewer, unless the book is actually terrible or one you hated as a child, why not pass over that random book you are about to give a poor rating and get involved in computer gaming instead? Battle it out with something animated, something virtual that can at least challenge you.

All in all, the Goodreads website may be clunky but it’s about the best book reader website surviving on the world wide web today. Just don’t get me started on spoilers or huge tracts of a book sometimes reproduced without acknowledgement or consent from the original author.

In closing, Dear Reader, we can differ in our opinions. But just so we see both sides of the page, be aware of book reviewers who are known to give too many stars to boost their favourite author. This is also misleading for readers who are looking for a good book.

Be fair, be honest, you may gain more followers by giving a genuine rating and review from what you have actually read.

❤ Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024
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Review ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness

Call me timid (Neil Gaiman books scare me) but this is a ferociously upsetting fantasy story of an ancient Yew tree and an adolescent boy awash with fear, sadness, anger, and the unforgiveable nature of death.

Conor O’Malley’s mother is dying in hospital. Conor and his father and grandmother are not handling it well. One night Conor gets up and goes over to his bedroom window and looks out. A monstrous untameable Yew tree stands near his house, looking right back at him. It proceeds to raise a gnarled woody fist to punch through the wall of his bedroom. The monster says “I will tell you Three Stories. Three tales from when I walked before.” But Conor sends the monster away and it’s gone for the time being.

Of course it returns, laced with dark fantasy and symbolism, and eventually the Fourth Tale comes from twelve year old Conor himself. What does Conor and the reader learn from this? Many things. Note, I personally would not recommend either the book or movie for children of a young age, it could raise more fears than it can soothe. You may love it!

*Tree waiting waiting… © Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024*

So that’s my short synopsis of a tense, wrenchingly sad story written by Patrick Ness about imagination and the monstrous fears within us. It contains school-yard violence, sweet Lily, ancient tree wisdom and modern day parenting which leaves Conor awash with misery, confusion and a bad temper for everyone apart from his sick mother.

This story could be shelved in the Fantasy/Horror section of a library except for its very serious topic and acutely observed symptoms of grief; a complicated boy lashing out at everyone, unable to alleviate his mother’s suffering nor deal with her impending death. Time grinds on regardless, Conor’s bossy grandmother arrives and nothing is as it seems. Allegory, clock metaphor, various telling moments.

As mentioned, I personally think this story is best read by an adult to younger children so questions can be answered. A guide book of sorts, reality is hard to understand, dying even harder to accept, but eventually it’s a bitter fact of life we all have to face. It’s up to the individual reader to find their own way through the story; ending with comfort, confusion or clarity?

💗 Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

*Undefeated Warrior Queen © image Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2023*
https://thoughtsbecomewords.com/2023/07/09/hope-of-the-tree-queen-warrior-soliloquy/

The Privilege of Library Book Borrowing

Library books currently reading © image Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

Public libraries are a privilege, the right of everyone to freely borrow, read and return books. In my opinion readers do not have the right to eat or drink over a library book.

It doesn’t happen regularly but I don’t want to see a smeared thumb print, a coffee stain, toast crumbs or bath water-wrinkled edges of carelessness. Food blobs or drink spills are not acceptable and are downright contemptuous, showing no respect for the book, the author of the book, the library staff and ultimately all other library patrons.

A definition of cruelty is to crack the spine of a new book. What arrogance the reader of a new book must have to think they possess the right to break the binding? The self-entitled recipient of a new library book must believe that, because the books cost them nothing, they have the right to fracture the binding which marks the spine of the book inside and out and weakens the support of the pages.

Library books borrowing time extended! © image Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

Then, adding insult to injury, they have the audacity to fold the corners of a page to mark their place. Some of these book-bullies think they are discreet, they will fold a tiny portion of the page corner as to be almost unnoticeable – so they think. Often exploited is a small rip in the page. Instead of using a flat bookmark, a random piece of paper or library checkout slip, they weaken and deface the pages for future readers.

Borrowing books written from throughout the world, every genre for every age group, is a wonderful service but a grubby-fingered book is not wonderful. Keep it clean for the next reader. Of course, if you read e-books or listen to audio-books this does not apply. Should a mishap occur (e.g. your budgerigar nibbled ‘War & Peace’) please draw it to the attention of library staff. Even a note inside the book will assist the librarian in discard or damage repair.

A level of care and thoughtfulness applies to all items including magazines and DVDs borrowed from any library. Remember, it’s a no-no to initial the back page of a book to indicate you have read it. Oh, and don’t forget to remove your bookmark especially if it’s a favourite. Many backroom library walls are papered with beautiful bookmarks which nobody claimed. Happy reading!

🧡 📚 Gretchen Bernet-Ward

Review ‘Cold Enough For Snow’ Novella by Jessica Au

*Jessica Au ‘Cold Enough For Snow’ Novella 2022*

A gently flowing story of the tenuous relationship between an adult daughter, the narrator, and her ageing mother during a tourist trip to Japan. The memories, flashbacks and every day minutia come from the daughter. At times the dialogue between the two is fragile, hesitant, and the occasional polite conversation is a description of scenery or food, never their emotions, never connecting on a personal level, but still caring. The daughter remembers her studies and her then boyfriend Laurie. I thought it was surreal when she went kayaking with Laurie and crossed an ancient meteor crater full of deep dark water. Not something I could do but this is not an adventure book, it exposes us to thoughts.

Our memories shift and bend. The grey bookcover perhaps represents the hazy way we walk through life and remember. There’s a mystifying love birds recollection and the daughter even imagines clearing out her mother’s flat, sorting through a lifetime of possessions. Not for gain, just practical, like planning to visit Japan and her mother asking if it was “cold enough for snow”. The story, like the gentle and seemingly never-ending raindrops, carried me through galleries, museums, shopping, rural landscapes and train stations where gifts are carefully chosen for the family. There comes thoughtful gestures from the daughter, always aware of her mother’s pace, watching if she tires, suggesting places to visit and taking care of their meals and travel plans. I enjoyed the calm, methodical pace of this story.

I think you can have memories to talk about, worry about, analyse or just carry close. A meaningful picture of this quiet couple is compiled in my mind without any great realisation on my part until towards the end of the book. “It had been cold outside and warm in the train.” and I felt subtext; is the daughter really with her mother on this journey? Or is she remembering it? Seemingly disconnected, everything does connect to make the daughter an interesting character. Snippets like her restaurant work and her student days were easily imagined. I loved the couple of pages describing her time in Hong Kong and her reluctance to tell her future husband Laurie that she had once lived there.

Wearing puffer jackets, reliving old memories and making new ones, the mother and daughter’s last stopping point is to Inari gates Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. (The Inari shrine complex is comprised of worship halls at the base of the mountain connected via astounding vermilion torii gate-lined paths). Situated in the mountains, this walk shows their stamina and unspoken mother/daughter bond, each perhaps recalling what they had seen and experienced together. At the end of this novella, the thought conveyed to me is that their journey is not quite over yet.

❤ Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

Review ‘The Kindness Project’ by Deborah Abela

A text layout which will appeal to young readers and older readers reading the book to younger readers. A gem of a story from author Deborah Abela who wrote inside ‘I hope you enjoy this little dose of kindness!’ For me it’s more than a dose, it’s a great big generous helping, with thanks to Zanni Louise for my copy.

Of course things don’t start off all sweetness and light, oh no, there’s shy Nicolette, DJ a bully and various obstacles to conquer. Along comes Leaf, a kid you will recognise (and hope in hindsight that you were nice to him). He deserves niceness and big bunches of kindness. Where is his mother?

Both Leaf and Nicolette have troubled backgrounds. They become friends but not before Nicolette imagines all sorts of disasters. Her mind goes off on fearful tangents, she tends to think worst-case scenario and moments do go awry. Ideally ‘You tell someone your worries and they don’t laugh or tease you or call you names, they just listen’ although it does seem like her Nanna is getting a raw deal in the aged care system. The drama is heightened and Nicolette and Nanna make daring plans. What could go wrong?

I think the type-setting and font changes for this book are brilliant and I haven’t had this much fun since Oliver Jeffers ‘The Incredible Book Eating Boy’. Parents are distracted and teacher Ms Skye, doesn’t seem to notice classroom dynamics but she gives the class a school project. ‘The Kindness Project’ and anyone who has ever done this type of school assignment will groan in sympathy. Coming up with ideas is hard but when you have an obstructive, rude classmate like DJ throwing nasty comments around, the task becomes a hundred times harder.

Naturally Nicolette and Leaf team up but will their combined ideas be enough? Can they create understanding and kindness throughout their school and beyond? Honesty is the best policy but it’s a big ask for young kids with family problems weighing them down.

My heart and mind collide and I shed a happy tear towards the end – mushy I know. While I would like a stronger sense-of-place, the characters do make up for it and Deborah Abela (Ambassador for Room to Read.org) writes young realism in a way which makes reading this story both meaningful and enjoyable.

❤ Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

‘Migraine and Me’ A Doctor’s Experience of Understanding and Coping with Migraine

Many sufferers similar to me wish for a miracle cure to banish a migraine. Like a hundred amplified headaches, nothing seemed to work. A regular, debilitating sickness which cannot be stopped, only endured. Feeling wretched and putting up with it seems to be the norm, the only way I could cope until it faded away.

We know this pounding headache, nausea, vomiting and weakness will eventually recede but, like the beast from the black lagoon, it will rise again. Parenting, careers, shopping, everyday life dissolves for days at a time. In my case nothing worked except silence and bed rest. I spoke to doctors, attended talks, took various pharmaceutical remedies and closely watched my diet but nothing was one hundred percent effective. I needed real comparisons from others, their coping skills and understanding to alleviate the hardship of painful and debilitating migraines.

QUOTE
“In writing this book, retired doctor Jennifer Barraclough has drawn on her personal journey with migraines which began in her teenage years and persisted until later life.
‘Migraine and Me’ is a concise practical guide intended for migraineurs themselves and for their families, colleagues and friends.”
‘Migraine and Me’ by Jennifer Barraclough 2024
https://www.jenniferbarraclough.com

SYNOPSIS: Interweaving her own personal story and those of other contributors with evidence from published research, Jennifer addresses migraine from a holistic perspective. Besides summarizing current medical knowledge about causes and management, she considers psychological, social and spiritual aspects, including some controversial topics such as the concept of a migraine personality; and the reasons for stigma. Alongside the use of prescribed drugs for preventing and treating attacks, the potential for self-help through lifestyle changes and natural therapies is highlighted.

https://jenniferbarraclough.com/2023/12/06/food-drink-migraine-and-me/
https://books2read.com/b/md2Rnw

The relationship between migraine and creativity is examined, and some possible silver linings are proposed. ‘Migraine and Me’ offers empathy, practical insights, and hope for anyone affected by this complex neurological condition.

Although I no longer suffer from bed-ridden migraines, I do wish I had known about this information when I was younger, the comparisons are compiled from Jennifer Barraclough’s own research and other sufferers. It’s never too late! Reading the research and experiences of others can guide a sufferer to recognise symptoms from food, stress and environmental factors. Chapter Four ‘Triggers: Diet’ is particularly enlightening regarding cheese. Acquiring food knowledge can help when explaining to others in the office, in your family or coffee with a friend – if caffeine is not your trigger!

Migraine and Me – the ebook

It is horrible to have very little control over losing days out of your life. One of the ways Jennifer Barraclough and her contributors have enlightened me is to show I am not alone in experiencing debilitating migraine symptoms and relief may come in different ways. Knowledge is power!

❤ Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

Review ‘Deception Bay’ by J.P. Powell

An intriguing and unsettling read from author J. P. Powell who has again fluently merged wartime fact and fiction to create an absorbing exposé of what could have happened (and may have happened) in the 1940s town of Brisbane, Queensland, during WWII. There’s American involvement in a number of events. Major deals were occurring related to underworld crime, unexplained deaths, and a range of illicit activities from several nationalities.

‘Deception Bay’ is the second volume which follows American investigator MP Joe Washington as he tries to solve a mystery death. Inevitably he locks horns for a second time with corrupt adversary Brisbane detective Frank Bischof, who by the way was a real person.

Powell creates characters who are believable, they come alive, and Joe’s Aussie love interest Rose McAlister reminds me of my favourite aunt who served in WAAAF. Maybe he’s softened by romance but Joe Washington’s life is made of duty, it rules him, a man on a mission to solve an alleged suicide drowning—with very little to go on.

The book ‘Deception Bay’ (Deception Bay is near Brisbane) is fascinating reading and I enjoyed the addition of old buildings I know and how they were appropriated for the war effort. I love chapter 10 and Cintra House with its fine views and the discussion about Radiophone sending photographs over a new wireless invention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirephoto

A world at war, full of deception and conmen, at a time when the infrastructure of Brisbane was weak enough to allow underworld manipulation. Mates covering for mates, paedophilia, dodgy business dealings, and illegal enterprises which flourished unchecked. Sure, the authorities knew what was going on but nobody seemed to have the courage to stamp it out; what’s the odd skirmish or tattoo? The American servicemen were seen both as saviours and sinners by differing parts of society at the time. Joe faces a difficult task!

I purchased this book at Pulp Fiction Brisbane and feel there is a rhythmic flow to the story, a river city at a time of world war when I didn’t exist but nevertheless it has reached me.

❤ Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

Review ‘Old God’s Time’ by Sebastian Barry

This was going to be a St Patrick’s Day post so it is a little late. However, it’s superlative Irish storytelling from Sebastian Barry. A restless novel about love, this is cruel life, and this is an ageing retired police officer who sinks in and out of memories, reality and daydreams. Tom Kettle lives in a small dwelling added onto the side of a castle on a stretch of Irish coastline overlooking granite jetties and a rather fetching island “skulking in the near distance.”

Tom’s past may or may not come to haunt him regarding a murder case he was involved in many years ago. He still has his policeman wits about him when the cops come a-knocking and he goes along with the re-opening of a cold case, the death of a well-known priest which seemed an accident and was logged as an accident but modern forensics has reopened the evidence file and started testing old DNA results.

A touch of the surreal here, words weave in and out of Tom’s mind like an hypnotic dance of discomfort, me thinking How did the priest die? Who was involved? What will the DNA testing reveal?
Gradually, old God’s time exposes the past…

The background story ebbs and flows recounting the past and present of Tom’s life, adored wife June and their two children Winnie and Joe. I puzzled over the things he sees, reality or illusions? Who lives, who has died? Mr Tomelty must be his landlord, but the mother, the mysterious others? What is past, what is present, what is true? There are some quite graphic retellings as well. The paedophile priest who horribly abused and traumatised young children. Not a novel for immature or sensitive readers, it does contain adult experiences, thoughts and flashbacks. It would certainly make a strong addition to any book club discussion.

My Favourite Quote
Tom musing “Enough time goes by and it is as if old things never happened.
Things once fresh, immediate, terrible, receding away into old God’s time,
like the walkers walking so far along Killiney Strand that,
as you watch them,
there is a moment when they are only a black speck,
and then they’re gone.”
Page 166 “Old God’s Time” by Sebastian Barry 2023

The mind of author Sebastian Barry must be a complex thing. I cannot describe the intense settings and the lyrical descriptions Barry has used, the language of description I think many Irish writers seem to instinctively master. Page 104 “On remembering towns, Tom thought every single place would be a peg with a memory hanging from it.” Further along, his flight to Mexico was odd but grimly relevant.

This book reminds me of, but is not similar to, “Under Milkwood” by Dylan Thomas and “One Moonlit Night” by Caradog Prichard, both use human strength, sadness and suffering taken almost to an art-form. I also enjoyed the modern twist in “Himself” by Jess Kidd and “Love and Summer” by humanist William Trevor (yes, mixing Irish and Welsh authors) who mastered that dark troublesome inner voice, that unforgettable undercurrent which makes a good story excellent.

On the whole, I wanted Tom to stay safe in his little room overlooking the sea but the direction and pace of this novel had other ideas. It enchanted me. If you like mystery fiction with a twist, you will be swept along by remarkable literary undercurrents with this one.

❤ Gretchen Bernet-Ward

‘Shooting at Strangers’ New Novel from Graham Wright

My Review:

The opening chapters immediately grabbed my attention. The story is initially set at the Corn Exchange in Manchester UK, a gastronomic and entertainment hub, where a mass shooting takes place. Amber Jennings witnesses the horror unfold as two men converge from her past; one on a killing spree and the other a hero. What lead to this massacre, what is their connection?

Amber excels with her own secrets and subterfuge and aside from friends Jameel and Naz there is another man in her life, her unsuspecting husband Steve. I wondered what past role Amber played in this event as a city reels in shock and the press howl for answers from a mystery woman.

As the story unfolds, I found out the background of Amber’s relationships prior to marriage and how these past events dramatically impacted the current situation. The shock and confusion surrounding her is intense, and the continual battle inside her own head is well done as she persistently questions everything and everyone. There are teenage flashbacks, her family, wealthy homes and past friends.

FAVOURITE QUOTE
“Rational thought is a beautiful thing,
but at heart we’re all instinctively superstitious.”
Shooting at Strangers – Graham Wright 2024

When Amber, a mother of two children, finds her marriage faltering she has clandestine meetings with MI5, encounters a ruthless journalist, and meets with the Imam in a local Mosque as she tries to stabilise her life and resolve her seemingly unwitting part in the mass tragedy.

A timely look behind the headlines, this book will interest crime readers who enjoy a sense of place and good characters with a psychological twist. Indirectly I learned a bit about Manchester, its parks and gardens, not forgetting the Corn Exchange building and its shattering role in the story.

Author Graham Wright thinks deeply about human nature and our foibles and fears. He has written a companion poem titled ‘The Gun’ which echoes the narrative from a different viewpoint – read here.

Book available HERE! With thanks to Graham who offered me the chance to read a draft manuscript prior to publication. He says ‘I hope you like the cover design.’ Yes, I do like it.

📚 Gretchen Bernet-Ward

Author Bio: GRAHAM WRIGHT
Website: LiteraryLad

Graham Wright is an author of two previous fiction novels and writes under the general description of literary fiction. His writing is about people and ideas. His aim is to write in a style that is relatively easy to understand, but at the same time creative, imaginative and engaging – literary but not pretentious. Graham works hard to create plots that will leave readers wanting to know what will happen next, but he’s particularly interested in communicating what his characters are thinking and how they’re feeling, in communicating their emotions and the motivation for their actions, rather than simply describing a series of events.

Graham Wright’s first novel, Single Point Perspective, is set in and around the city of Manchester, where he lived and worked for more than fifteen years. His second novel, Moojara, is set in and around the world, but mostly centres on Perth, Western Australia. Both are works of dramatic literary fiction – imaginative, serious and thoughtful, but with a sense of humour. Graham is currently living in north Shropshire UK, where he’s busy working on a fourth novel.

Product details for readers who like stats:
‘Shooting at Stranger’ author Graham Wright
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CZ16QWND
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Strelitzia (24 March, 2024)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 March, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3567 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 345 pages