Alice-Miranda in the Outback – officially in stores tomorrow Tuesday 2 June! And Book Signing Saturday 20 June at Book Review St Ives, Sydney

Eleanor Grace Quarrell

Hi Jacqueline,
I am so excited to read this book as I am from Melbourne, Australia! Even though I am thirteen I still love reading Alice-Miranda’s books and I have re-read the whole series book 1-18 over ten times!!
I can’t wait to see what friends she brings along and what new ones she makes!!!
I hope you are happy and safe and I am bursting with excitement as I have waiting forever for this book!!!!!!!

Love Eleanor.G.Q

Brooklyn Jones

Hi Ms Harvey,

I’m really excited to read Alice Miranda in the Outback:D

It will probably be one of the best ones yet!

Kind Regards,
Brooklyn

Evie

Hello, congratulations!!
I love your books..
I don’t know if you remember but I sent you a email and asked if Alice-Miranda would be in Australia and I thought it was a coincidence because my name is Evie like Aunt Evie.
Keep safe
Evie

Grace

Hi Jacqueline,
It’s so amazing to see Alice Miranda in Australia because that’s where I live.
I love all your books so much.
The first Alice Miranda book at school was so nice that I couldn’t put it down!
I love your books and I hope you will keep writing.

Stay safe,
Love Grace❤

Clair

Ps:
Could you do a book based in South Korea???? I’m from South Korea and I would love AM to go there or at atleast talk about it in her book
-Clair

Tazmeen

I’m so excited for tomorrow because my friends are giving me books by you, Mrs Harvey, for my birthday! I seriously CANNOT wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know they will be amazing, because, well, they’re by you!! And one of my friends said one of the books she’ll give me is Alice-Miranda in the Outback! So very really excited!
Xx

Brenna

Hi Jacqueline,

Can you do your next book at either the beach with Millie’s family, in Egypt, or in Thailand? I personally think they are great ideas, but you can pick

From your biggest fan, Brenna

Camille

That sounds amazing congrats! I just I could go to Sydney hopefully this nasty virus will end soon 🙂 🙂 😉

Alesha

Hi, I am quite new so that’s why you probably would not recognise me, but I am a huge fan of the Alice-Miranda books and I think you are a fantastic author!

Belle

Hi Jacqueline Harvey,
Love your books and really wish I could meet you. Great job on your book and I can’t wait to read what adventures Alice-miranda gets up to in Australia.

Kaitlyn Handreck

Hi Jacqueline,
My Brother and I love your books! My parents actually think that we are obsessed! With the whole “Homeschooling” thing recently, my mum would rarely see my brother and I without one of your books (we were both re-reading them), my mum actually had to say to my brother “Stop Reading Alice-Miranda, find a different book”, but she loves to see that my brother likes to read the books. 🙂
I got my brother AM in the Outback for his birthday a week ago and altogether, he and I have read it so many times!
My sister, she is five years younger than me, makes me read the AM books to her, sometimes she tries reading it by herself.
I can’t wait until your next book will come out, I will definitely be first-in-line at where I live.
Your books are amazing! I would love some writing tips from you sometime.
Thanks so much for the amazing books that you have written (although when I try to write stories I can never think of names bc you use so many good ones). 😛

Thanks,
Kaitlyn

Aliy

Hello jaqueline Harvey! As in writing this I’m waiting in line at the ‘book review’ store in at Ives. I can wait 2 get your autograph!
Thx, Aliy

Kat

I love the little Easter egg in it! Just slipping in other characters subtly, it took me a second to connect the dots tho lol. Love it!

Stella

Hi, is Sloane, Sep & Chessie in this book by any chance? I read a preview and it doesn’t mention them?

Brenna

Hi Jacqueline, one question, can you put my name (Brenna) in your next book? It would mean a lot to me.

Thanks, Brenna

Lydia

Hi Jaqueline!
I am Lydia and I am 10 years old! It has been an absolute joy to read your amazing books!
I am SO excited for this new book! I mainly read them from my school Library and Local Library! My school Library doesn’t have the book yet, but I am already reserving them online!
So excited to read this new book you have written!

Best wishes
Lydia❤️

Olivia

I love Alice Miranda’s books

Hess

I love Alice Miranda’s books
They inspired me so much

Abigail

Dear Ms. Harvey,

I was wondering if you could do a book in Africa – it’s a place that only probably South Africa springs to mind. I’ve maybe got a blurb?

Alice – Miranda and her corhort are off to Africa for the time of their lives! They’re off to Western Africa, but more specially Ghana, Accra and it’s nothing like they’ve seen before. Tasting the food and cusienes and learning their cultures and visiting old sites.

But ever since Alice-Miranda set foot in Ghana, she’s had one of her strange feelings; someone’s following them. Ever since Uncle Lawrence, Aunt Charlotte and the twins, she’s taken her mind off things, but when someone goes missing, she’ll be challenged with animal trafficking and bring down the plot on a major company.
Join Alice-Miranda as she faces the most complicating mystery yet.

Abigail

Dear Jacqueline,
I was hoping that’d you’d make the following into an Alice Miranda story.
‘We have to leave now. They’re coming after us.’

What do you think of when you look at me? Just a Negro girl from Ghana, probably. I’m the only Negro on our street. The white girls don’t talk to me, and I don’t talk to them. Life in Australia was hard, until Papa got a job in the bank. Mama was just more worried, but I don’t know why. Ok. You might want to wonder why I am here. . . here’s my story.

The Americans have been taking Africans for years now. When I was just born, my family fled, along with a bunch of other Ghanians to No Man’s Land. No one found us for ten years. They built hospitals, schools, houses, shopping centres, banks. Until a traitor. He was a black, just like any other, and got captured by the whites, just driving to Nigeria. They demanded to know what he knew, and just as he was about to be killed, he blabbed everything. So, our Mayor got one of their plans and discovered they were coming after us a week later. He made an announcement that we were to leave here as soon as possible. So that’s what we did. Mama sat us down and smiled warily. Back then, I was only 10 years old. ‘Girls,’ Mama said. (I have an older sister, Natilie and a younger sister, Esther.) ‘We have to leave tonight.’ Nat folded her arms crossly. ‘Mum,’ she whined. ‘Why do we have to leave.’ Papa sighed and gave me a look. Teenage girls. I grin, and then look at Mama anxiously. ‘What do you mean? I mean, we can’t get up and leave.’ Mama hands me a piece of folded paper. I read it, and my forehead crinkled. I read it twice. The paper was bad news. In the letter, the Mayor had told us that we had to leave immediately – the whites had found our secret hideaway and we should run unless we wanted to be enslaved. I passed it to Natilie, who raged on like the thunder on rainy days. (It happens alot) ‘Stupid Americans,’ Natilie said, trembling like yellow jelly. ‘Grace is going to Britain, and Daniel is off to Brazil,’ she wailed. I took a deep breath, and looked at Papa. ‘Go to your room, grab the biggest bag you’ve got and start packing.’ Papa sighed, and ruffled my hair. ‘It’s going to be OK.’

That night, we left for the city. We drive, our car grumbling along, when we stop. The next morning, I am awoken by a crowd roaring. Mama wasn’t there. Nat wasn’t there. Esther wasn’t there. Papa was there though, and was wide awake. His eyes were round and red trimmed. ‘Where’s Mama? And Nat? And Esty?’ I asked, worried. Papa chokes on his words. ‘Gone. With the Whites.’ My whole body tenses. I march off to the changing rooms and see Americans. I stop, frozen with fear. And then, silently, I change and creep off. Papa looked relieved. ‘Thank the Lord,’ he cried. I clamp his mouth shut. ‘There are Americans over there,’ I say and realise that they were saying something. I push our bags to a dark corner, hoping against hope they don’t see us. They don’t. ‘Women.’ one of them chuckles. ‘Think they can get away with it. I’m surprised Ghana is rich, itself.’ I growl quietly. They turn, reaching for their guns. ‘Who’s here?’ they bark. ‘Show yourselves, otherwise, when we find you, you will get shot.’ I hold my breath. Finally, they turn back around, shrugging. It was another hour before they left. Papa gathered his things, and I stuffed my girl clothes in my bag and slung it over my shoulder. We made it into the crowds and I gasped. Mama. Natilie. Esther.

Finally we’re in Australia. I know why Mama was so worried; she still had nightmares. But, I know we’re safe now. We live in a house, we can go to school.

My story
Alana Ababio.
Gold Coast
1798

My parents were born in Ghana, Africa and came to Australia where my brother and sister were born along with me. I never knew about Ghana and America’s past together until I was 7 and I found out about the horrid things America did. I was always fond about Africa and snapped back when people said I was poor. Ghana is where I belong. Where I believe.

It’s time for change.
We can’t sit around doing nothing.
#BlackLivesMatter.

With some love (namely, Lucinta), find Ambrosia a husband and can Alice – Miranda and another boy in Ghana (name: Abdul) I do think Alice – Miranda needs some proper love.

Grace

Hi Jacqueline,
My favorite book in the Alice Miranda series is Alice Miranda in New York.
I really loved all the mysteries that just always kept on popping out. I’m so glad that everything turned out all right at the end. I have always dreamed of going to New York, but with the virus around, I won’t be going to New York any time soon. But at least I can read AM going. And Lucinda was lovely and she was a really good friend.
I got so surprised when AM met Alethea Goldsworthy at the school. Even though it said that Maisy was really crazy, I still think that I want to pat her. It was really mean of Mr Finkelstein to say nasty things about the Hightons and pulling Lucinda out of school. I was so glad that AM, Quincy and Ava rescued Lucinda from the zoo. AM is a really lovely girl and she is never mean to anyone. I haven’t read all the AM books yet, but for now, AM in New York is my personal favourite.
Hope you well.
Grace

Margarite De Murashkin

Hi mrs Harvey yeah I don’t really want to go out at the moment. At big W can you get all the Alice miranda books?????

Love Olivia

Sarahjane Salmon

Hi, Mrs Harvey,

My name is Sarahjane as you probably already have gathered and I live In the Western Suburbs of Sydney. I know that the age range is 7+ and the reading style is quite young to what I usually read as I am 15. But because I did start reading the series when I was 7 I just couldn’t refuse to read every new book that you released. I’m not sure you remember me but I did come to the meet and greet thing in the Dymocks in Sydney CBD when your 16th book ALICE MIRANDA IN HOLLYWOOD was released. I think I was one of the oldest one there. I was the one who was wearing the Harry Potter T-Shirt and went bright red when you signed my book and took a photo with me. Meeting you was such a big deal for me and still is. I also won one of your monthly challenges where we had to pick our favourite word and write about it, mine being the work PETRICHOR.

Even though I am 15 and my reading style and preferences have changed quite a lot since then I still take time out to either read my favourite books in your series ALICE MIRANDA IN NEW YORK and ALICE MIRANDA AT SEA or I will read the entire series again like I am currently doing now. This is because you as an Author are very influential and inspiring not just for the younger generation but for us readers who are a little older and not wanting to admit that we are reading this series. For many of the books that you have written that are set across the globe, you have been there and experienced the culture or you have researched in depth what it is like in these countries, this I find amazing and astonishing as it shows your passion and dedication to making the best books possible and it shows me that if you really want something in life or want to get somewhere it takes hard work and determination which is what you have Mrs Harvey. You are amazing and with every book of yours, I read I am left awestruck.

From the number of books in my lifetime that I have read, which is quite a lot (some would say its an addiction), writing a large series of books about the adventures of the same group of characters with a few new ones every book, seems like a lot of hard work. In my opinion, your books are up there with Enid Blytons series’ such as the ‘The Famous Five’ and ‘The Secret Seven’, if not better. I really enjoy a book series that doesn’t introduce too many characters every book but works to develop the main characters and helps us to gain an emotional attachment to the character throughout the series. This is what The ALICE MIRANDA series has done beautifully. You are extraordinary and unique and you inspire me to reach my goals.

Your series has helped me a lot because I have just transitioned into homeschooling due to a lot of bullying at my previous school and wasn’t getting the help I needed. At school, I was struggling with what some people may call an ‘Identity Crisis’ and didn’t know what my interests or talents were, I spent every day trying to be someone I’m not. To be honest, it got to a point where I was so exhausted and depressed I couldn’t handle it anymore. AM has helped me to be the bubbly, kind and exuberant person I always was, even though I have grown out of this series I still continue to re-read the series. AM is somewhat of an inspiration and a role model for me and without this series, I don’t think I could have coped with the change or discover who I truly am who I want to be in the future.

I did, however, attempt reading your new series KENSY AND MAX but It didn’t have the same effect that the ALICE MIRANDA Series has had on me. I think I may be suffering from some sort of ‘separation anxiety’ and I can’t pull myself away from AM. I understand that an Author means to be a writer of many books. But Mrs Harvey I see YOU as The ALICE MIRANDA series and so it is harder for me to delve into your other series’ in much the same way as ALICE MIRANDA. This is why I am extremely gutted to know that the ALICE MIRANDA series is coming to end if not, a pause at its 20th book. I fully understand that writing such a long series comes with both its perks and flaws and guess the fact that it must come to an end is its flaw. I guess everything must come to an end and ALICE MIRANDA must end sometime. I understand completely that coming up with your new series KENSY AND MAX is very important for many reasons such as gaining new readers who may not have read the ALICE MIRANDA series, trying something new as an author or that ALICE MIRANDA may lack in readers if it goes on too long and it is best to start fresh. I wish you all the best with KENSY AND MAX (and the slightest chance that AM may continue). I may consider re-reading KENSY AND MAX and to find some interest (I have nothing against KENSY AND MAX like I said ‘separation anxiety’). In the meantime, though, I do surf your website every now and then to see what you are up to and I will continue read AM over and over again and I will continue to enjoy reading your monthly newsletters.

I wish you and your new series the best, I may pop into one of you many meet and greets in the future, you never know.

Stay Safe and keep inspiring others

-Sarahjane SALMON xx

Layla

Layla,
I actually want to buy alice miranda in the outback with my own money and i am so excited for when
Kensy and Max: Full Speed come out!! By the way, didn’t Alice-Miranda and clementine rose already meet in Alice-Miranda in the Alps at the very start of the book when they came back from holiday?

Amy

Hi Jacqueline Harvey,
I ❤️ the Alice-Miranda series. My fav character is Jacinta! She’s funny, talented, and as I’ve seen from Anne Yi’s illustrations she’s good-looking too. And don’t get me started on Lucinta. THEY ARE SO CUTE and I love their relationship (her love life is so much better than mine 😉 ) I’ve just finished reading AM 18 but my parents won’t let me get AM 19 yet unfortunately so I’ve just been reading every comment in this thread trying to find a good spoiler. What did I find?
You guessed it- nothing.
I find this so funny and disappointing at the same time lol *sigh*. I love your writing style! If I’m honest though, I do like your old AM books than the new ones. I’m not saying I don’t like them at all, because they’re still awesome- but I feel like the AM’s before AM in Hollywood were more innocent and a bit more funny! But obviously I love AM no matter what and I don’t plan to stop reading them anytime soon.
It’d be cool if you could include Sep and Sloane more in future books (I’ve noticed that Sep and Jacinta barely have any interaction… 🙁 ) and maybe give them a bit of a love life too? I don’t know. I’m not the amazing, talented author in this 🙂
A few locations I’d love AM to go to are India, Norway, Singapore… OOOO! Hawaii! AM would look amazing in a lei 😀
Thanks for taking precious minutes off of your day to read this undeniably long message!

Mark

Hi Jacqueline,
You’re one of my favorite authors! AM 19 will soon be in my greedy digital hands. I can’t wait to read it since everyone on this page is going on about it and I want to read the parts with Matilda. I’m deaf and have to wear hearing aids, but I learned to read, write and talk. I sometimes use sign language. I like the dynamic between Lucinta, but me and my friends Aditi and Allie liked them more before they got together. This “featherbrained idea” (thx, Amy ;-;) is due to what it looks like when you compare it. Before, there was LOADS of sweet moments and no fights. But as shown by AM 18, even though there WAS a subplot which Lucinta was in, there wasn’t many cute moments and Jacinta was angry at Lucas. But they’re still cute anyway & me and my squad are all rallying for a glimpse of jealous Lucas lol. My favorite character is Sep, though he wasn’t involved in AM 18 and not in AM 19 but I like his patient personality and THE BAD JOKES! I’d love for him to be more involved. Though no one can be very patient when it coms to Caprice except for AM. Idk why but I think if Caprice were to change her ways, Jacinta would set the wheels in motion. I really do hope Caprice changes- for everyone’s sakes (readers, the author 😉 and most of all MILLIE). When are the squad’s birthdays and how much taller are Sep and Lucas compared to ‘Cinta? And are you going to stop at book 20? I hope not. This is one of the only book series I’ve been able to keep up since I was 10 (Aditi’s trying to get me to read YA novels, especially her fav, Markus Zusak- but it’s not working) and I don’t want to stop reading it. I’ve started on Kensy and Max- it’s so intriguing so far and I can’t put it down. In fact, I’m reading the book as I type this. Thanks for reading this EXTREMELY boring comment

Sabrina

I just saw one of the funniest and oddest things ever. When I was about to return my ebook version of Alice-Miranda in the Outback to my online library, I noticed the categories that the book was tagged in:
1. THRILLER
That’s right… it went into the category those books- WHICH ARE USUALLY FOR TEENS. I don’t know who was sorting them, but they haven’t read the book.
2. (The funniest one yet) YOUNG ADULT
I’m not even kidding. It said “Young Adult”… so it was with other books about murders and teen romance and things in that sort. When I saw that, I just knew that the person sorting the books hadn’t even taken a peek at this book 🙂

Gabriella

Hello!
I’ve just finished reading Alice-Miranda in the outback after convincing my parents that i’d pay for it if they bought it for me, at first read i didn’t love it, but i re-read it and it landed on my favorites list. What if it’s revealed that Jacinta KNEW Millie was lying- but before telling her she wasn’t born yesterday, decided to make her think she believed pterodactyls were real and see how far it went… 😉 That would be hilarious! And it would mean she pranked Lucas, Alice-Miranda, Hayden, Larry, Lawrence, and Hugh along with Millie- hitting seven birds with one stone 😀 In future books I’d love to see Alice-Miranda and the crew going back to the movie business- maybe Jacinta could be a stunt double (and I’m so sorry since I know you’ve probably been hearing this too often, but maybe you can make one of the other actors have a crush on her so Lucas gets jealous? I’m also keen to see his inner green-eyed monster 😉 or maybe someone comes to Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale to film a music video and the kids can audition to be dancers in it? That would be cool! But obviously, whatever your next book is, I’ll love it anyway 🙂

Margeret

Hello!
I wanted to suggest a lil’ idea. We’ve been getting tons of new girls and staff members at WDS, but Fayle hasn’t changed a bit- except for Mr. Lipp and his technicolor outfits leaving the scene 🙁 and as much as we all love Lucas, Sep, Figgy, and Rufus, a new kid at Fayle would be awesome! (instead of just calling him “new kid” I’ll refer to him as “Zach”) For fun, Zach could be Jacinta’s childhood friend and he’d promised to see her again when she had to start at WDS- but he’s had goo-goo eyes for her ever since they were reunited… 😉 That would also provide a good scope for Lucas becoming jealous, as requested MANY times on this page! And if he were a re-occurring character (Like Figgy and Rufus), maybe he could interrupt the occasional Lucinta moment- that’d be hilarious! (Lucas: *telling Jacinta how cute she is* Zach: “She sure is.” *nudges Jacinta and winks* Lucas: *looks ready to reach over and throttle Zach’s neck* Zach: *gulps* “Yeah, um, I think I’ll go now.”) But no pressure. You shouldn’t use this if you don’t like it 🙂

Jessie

Hi Jacqueline Harvey
Is Alice-Miranda friends forever on iTunes? I’ve heard so many good things about it so i really wanna see it for myself.
I hope you don’t stop this series at book 20! Alice-Miranda is such a great character and the mysteries she solves are always amazing!
can you give a little clue as to where Alice-Miranda 20 is gonna be set? Even one letter (heck even a number)? If you can’t disclose anything thats fine though- and just confirming it’ll be realized in 2021?

Jocelyn

Hey!
I’m 13 and I’ve loved the Alice-Miranda series since I was 8. My favorite books are Alice-Miranda in the Alps and Alice-Miranda in China. The mysteries you make are so cool and I love all the plot twists you add in every book. And of course, the characters are amazing. Their personalities are so lovable, and of course, Anne Yi deserves an award. Her drawings are fantastic!

I adore all of the characters, but my favorites are Alice-Miranda and Jacinta. As a duo, they’re so fun! And their standalone characters are just as great. I like Alice-Miranda’s bravery and her intuition (especially when it comes to solving mysteries!) not to mention she gets along with just about everybody- even Caprice, which is probably not easy. She’s also patient and charismatic too. Jacinta’s character is priceless! She’s very hardworking and honest and I admire that she’s not ashamed to show her flaws or emotions. And resilient doesn’t even begin to describe her- it’s been mentioned that she grew up without much help from her parents (Why does Millie sometimes refers to her as “spoiled”, then?) and is very underestimated by her friends at times.

I’d love to see Alice-Miranda go to India or New Zealand- especially on a school trip! We haven’t seen that since the amazing book 14, AKA China and I miss seeing the group all together (especially Figgy and Rufus’ international antics… who could forget Figgy sneaking in the goldfish and Jacinta having to get the poor thing back into water? That was hilarious, though!).
Thank you so much for your amazing books. They make me so happy! 🙂

Ali

I really like Britt fox as I can relate to her so maybe there could be and AM in Norway sometime, that would be amazing

Leon

Hello Mrs Harvey
I am really happy with the storys you hqve been writing and I rreqply hope that the new book would come out soon! I have been reading the comments and I am really suprised to see hou replying! To me that implies that you are very caring. I really love that Jacinta and Lucas bits so I hope they dont break up. You make the storys seem like its real and I love it. I am a gurl despite my name, and I am inspired by Alice-Miranda to act and behave kindly to everyone. Thank you so much!
Many love from Leon

Lili

To Jacqueline Harvey,
Hello, my name is Lili and I know you have many comments to get to you and you might not see this, but I want to let you know I have been reading the Alice-Miranda series since I was 8, (I got the first 2 books and an Alice-Miranda lunchbox for my birthday), and I instantly fell in love with her. I always made a connection with Alice-Miranda because I have the same chocolate curls as she does :). Now I am quite a lot older now and may be reading different books, but I still have not let go of my massive collection of Alice-Miranda books. Thank you for helping me love reading.
From Lili

Madeline

I have only read about 9 A-M books but I want to read them all!

Maia

Hello Jacqueline Harvey!
I was wondering how old millie is in Alice Miranda 20? Loving the book so far!!