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Josh?s magic backpack takes him and his friend Tracy over the sea, over the desert, to the rainforest of his uncle?s cocoa plantation in Africa so that Josh can bring back the most important ingredient of the chocolate cake his class is going to make.
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About the Author
Julia Jarman's is a prize-winning author whose extensive writing credits include picture books (Will there Be Polar Bears? and Little Mouse Grandma, Mammoth) and early readers for Ginn (Lizzie and the Carwash; Fussy Freda). A Test for Time Travelling Cat was shortlisted for the Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award 2000 and Hangman (Collins, 2000) was shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Prize 2000. She studied English and Drama at Manchester University and then worked as a teacher before she began writing full-time. Adriano Gon is a very successful Italian illustrator, who has published numerous children's books, including I Like Me by Laurence Anholt (DK, 2001), Animal Stories (Walker, 1995), Good Night, Sleep Tight (Walker, 1994), Bumpa Rumpus (Heinemann, 1995), The Second Storybook Collection (Macdonald Young Books, 1993). He lives in Trieste.
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