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y separately published work icon Mammoth Mistake Alex Miles , Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2017 10885703 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Life can be hard when your name sounds like a pizza topping, but Olive Black is managing just fine.

'Like most Aussie kids she’s balancing school, friends and family. Unlike most Aussie kids, Olive is a mega movie star.

'Olive’s latest movie has her character bringing a woolly mammoth back from time. But when Olive takes a chance to one-up her nemesis instead of be there for her BFF, she makes a real-life mammoth mistake of her own. Will she be able to make things right? ' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Robbery Riddle Alex Miles , Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2017 10885780 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Life can be hard when your name sounds like a pizza topping, but Olive Black is managing just fine.

'Like most Aussie kids she’s balancing school, friends and family. Unlike most Aussie kids, Olive is a mega movie star.

'Olive stars in a mystery film alongside one of the greatest detective characters of modern times, Maestro Snaps. Soon she finds herself caught in a real life mystery when Maestro’s beloved stage prop is stolen. As the plot thickens, Olive finds herself wrongly accused of the theft and sets about solving the mystery and clearing her name once and for all! ' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Halloween Queen Alex Miles , South Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2017 11460538 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Olive's back and this time she's playing a wicked witch in Halloween Queen. With a movie set full of potions, spells and special effects, it should be a total fun fest (even when her co-star is the biggest bully in showbiz Sofia La Bullybum). Every day Olive is transformed into an ugly, evil witch while her nemesis looks like an angel. Luckily, everyone knows it's what's inside that counts. Right?' (Synopsis)

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y separately published work icon Puppy Planet Alex Miles , Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2017 11645241 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Olive Black is starring in a hit animation as the voice of an intergalactic dog in the upcoming movie Puppy Planet.

'Visiting the local animal shelter for research, Olive falls head over heels for a loveable pooch. It takes some convincing to get her parents on board, but soon Olive is riding the ups and downs of pet ownership. And life on Puppy Planet can be tricky! ' (Publication summary)

 

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y separately published work icon The Pyramid Puzzle Alex Miles , South Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2018 13941301 2018 single work children's fiction children's

'Olive jet-sets all the way to Egypt for her latest blockbuster. She’s starring as a junior archaeologist who uncovers ancient secrets. But it’s the mystery she’s digging up at school that’s truly puzzling.

'With the help of the naughtiest boy she knows, can Olive solve the riddle of two feuding teachers? Or will she discover that things are not always as they seem?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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First known date: 2017

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Movie Mayhem Bec Kavanagh (interviewer), 2017 single work interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , February vol. 96 no. 3 2017; (p. 15)
'Mammoth Mistake is the first book in Alix Miles' new 'Olive Black' series, about a 10-year-old actress who juggles friendships, rivals and on-set hi-jinks. Reviewer Bec Kavanagh spoke to the author.'
Movie Mayhem Bec Kavanagh (interviewer), 2017 single work interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , February vol. 96 no. 3 2017; (p. 15)
'Mammoth Mistake is the first book in Alix Miles' new 'Olive Black' series, about a 10-year-old actress who juggles friendships, rivals and on-set hi-jinks. Reviewer Bec Kavanagh spoke to the author.'
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