Booky Advent Calendar Day 23: "Poppy Pym and the Beastly Blizzard" by Laura Wood (Scholastic)

Booky Advent Calendar Day 23 sees the return of a book series we've really enjoyed over the last couple of years.

Mighty girl Poppy Pym is back in Laura Wood's latest book in this fantastic set for a festive adventure par excellence!

"Poppy Pym and the Beastly Blizzard", clad in its christmassy cover dives straight into an action packed adventure for Poppy.

When a mysterious runaway van crashes into St Smithen's on the first day of the new school year, Poppy knows it's going to be an action-packed term!

But when accidents continue to happen at St Smithen's, Poppy can't shake the feeling that her every move is being watched.

With the Christmas holidays looming, secrets lurking in every corner and rumours of a dangerous beast on the loose, Poppy must unravel her biggest mystery yet.

Can Poppy unmask the hidden spy before someone gets hurt?

This is the perfect book for your middle grade bookworms to keep them thoroughly absorbed over the Christmas hols with a brilliantly paced adventure full of awesome character and appeal.

"Poppy Pym and the Beastly Blizzard" by Laura Wood is out now, published by Scholastic (kindly supplied for review).