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|title=Midnight Pirates

|author=Ally Kennen

|publisher=Marion Lloyd Books

|date=January 2013

|website=http://allykennan.blogspot.co.uk

|summary=Miranda and her two brothers didn't really intend to miss the train to boarding school. But their home, the Dodo Hotel, is being sold, their parents are abroad and Jackie simply can't bear to live without his dog. Hiding out at home seems a good idea until they discover that trouble is stirring Dummity Bay.

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It's hard to read this book without feeling a sea breeze on your face and sand between your toes, so vivid and so natural is the detail on every page. Pinkie-Sue and Cormac have been running the slightly dilapidated Dodo beach hotel for years, and their children have lived their whole lives in and out of the waves in Dummity Bay. Miranda swims like a fish herself and knows all the local seals and their habits, easy-going Cal talks of nothing but surfing and his girlfriend Doris, and Jackie scrambles over the rocks with his dog Fester whenever he can escape from the irritations of school and chores.