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My Best Fiend

The Fiend Next Door

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Angela is always having fiendish ideas that get Charlie into trouble. Like the time they hijack the milkman's float, and lock Miss Bridge in the gym shed, and when Angela pretends to kidnap a baby. But in the end Charlie gets her own back with a vengeance. 
 
The sequel to My Best Fiend.

Trouble with the Fiend is a sequel to My Best Fiend, both by Sheila Lavelle. These funny, poignant and timeless adventures of Charlie and her best 'fiend' Angela are reissued by popular demand for girls aged 6 - 8s. 
Angela has a knack of getting Charlie into trouble. She's always having fiendish ideas, like the time they hijack the milkman's float, and lock Miss Bridge in the gym shed, and when Angela pretends to kidnap a baby. But in the end Charlie gets her own back with a vengeance. 
Friend or fiend life is never dull for Charlie when Angela is around!

Sheila Lavelle was born in Gateshead, County Durham in 1939. She was inspired to write her own stories after becoming a junior school teacher. Her first book, URSULA BEAR, was published in 1977. She went on to write several Ursula Bear adventures, as well as the much-loved MY BEST FIEND series. 
Sheila later moved to Western Scotland where she enjoyed many hobbies including walking, gardening, bird-watching and cooking. Sheila died in 2001, age 62.

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