The Great Brassmonkey Bay Jewel Robbery (1) (The Magic Island Gang)

For restless teens who love animals, Pip and her twin Pax have dream jobs as trainee Zookeepers. But when a Zoo accident confines Pip to a hospital room, she transforms her brother's reports about the animals she misses into a wild and hilarious adventure story. "The Great Brassmonkey Bay Jewel Robbery" is full of irresistible characters whose riotous antics delight their friends while they help Pip and Pax understand what freedom truly means.

This is a fun tale, full of imagination, nefarious villains, precocious critters and an out-of-control possum. "The Great Brassmonkey Jewel Robbery" is the first in a series about the Magic Island Gang, a cast of characters as unforgettable as the young twins who love and learn from them.

Judith Lydia Mercure started writing during her childhood summers on a family homestead in Frenchtown, Montana. By the time she was 22, she was a keen traveler fascinated by the diversity of our planet. She continued writing on desks in a Buddhist temple in rural Japan, in a canal house in Leiden, the Netherlands, in guesthouses in Bangkok, Thailand and in Victorian cottages in Australia. Between drafts, she got great jobs that usually involved a lot more writing. Now a full-time writer living between Sydney, Australia and Gig Harbor, WA, USA, Judith Lydia's stories are drawn from her love of our planet's distinctive wildlife and her experience as a teacher, travel journalist, magazine editor, publisher, translator, and science marketing professional.