Violet Mackerel's Remarkable Recovery
Author: Anna Branford
Illustrator: Sarah Davis
Book 2 in the Violet Mackerel series
Pages: 112
Published: 2011
Age: 6+
Seven-year-old Violet Mackerel has a new theory: If someone has a problem and you give them something small, like a feather, or a pebble, or a purple lozenge, that small thing might have a strange and special way of helping them.
Violet gets the chance to put "The Theory of Giving Small Things" to the test when a bad case of tonsillitis requires the removal of her tonsils, and she suspects that the purple lozenge from Doctor Singh may help her in quite an extraordinary way. And indeed, with a freezer stocked with breakfast ice cream, a wonderful new friend in the waiting room, and the certainty that surgery will transform her voice into that of an opera singer on the radio, Violet's recovery proves more than extraordinary—it is, unquestionably, remarkable.
About the Violet Mackerel Series
Books in series order
- 1.Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot(2010)
- 2.Violet Mackerel's Remarkable Recovery(2011)
- 3.Violet Mackerel's Natural Habitat(2011)
- 4.Violet Mackerel's Personal Space(2012)
- 5.Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend(2013)
- 6.Violet Mackerel's Pocket Protest(2013)
- 7.Violet Mackerel's Helpful Suggestion(2014)
- 8.Violet Mackerel's Formal Occasion(2015)
- +How to Make Small Things with Violet Mackerel(2014)
Reading age: 6+ years
Introducing Violet Mackerel, a charismatic new chapter book star with a zest for life and an endearing, relatable voice akin to Ramona Quimby and Junie B. Jones.
Violet is a seven-year-old with a knack for appreciating the smallest things in life. Her “Theory of Finding Small Things” states that the moment of finding a tiny treasure usually coincides with the moment of having a genius idea. This irresistibly charming series starring Violet and her family has pitch-perfect perspective and plenty of laugh-out-loud humor.