C.H.I.X. Book 1: The Summer Gang
Cornelia Funke
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UK Price: £5.99
Format: Paperback
Age: 7+
Size: 198x129mm
Extent: 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-904442-86-8
Publication date: April 2012
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It’s the summer holidays, and Charlie forms a gang with best friends, Hannah, Izzie and Xa.

They call themselves the C.H.I.X. after the first letters of their names. Together they promise to keep each other’s secrets and have the best adventures ever! Even when a bunch of boys puts their friendship to the test …

The perfect chick-lit series for girls aged 10+ written by bestselling author, Cornelia Funke with her inimitable blend of warmth, understanding, good sense and humour.

Published April 2012.

More than a million copies sold of the original series in Germany

It was a wonderful day, as warm and soft as chicken feathers. Unfortunately, it was also a Monday, and the huge clock above the school entrance was already showing quarter past nine as Charlie came speeding into the school playground.

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"I wrote the C.H.I.X. books because my editor asked me to write something that wasn’t about fairies or dragons. And because my mother and husband told me loads about their horrible grandmothers. And, yes, because I myself once had chickens, of course!"

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