Books by Annabelle Sami

Laugh-out-loud funny and a wonderful story about finding your voice. I loved it! - David Walliams 'Anarchically silly fun!' - Guardian Sidesplitting middle grade comedy, with serious heart (and one very funny llama). Illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan, the official illustrator for World Book Day 2022. It's the Christmas holidays and Yasmin is miserable. Her family don't celebrate Christmas so she doesn't understand all the hype, plus Ezra has gone to Jamaica for 2 weeks and Levi is away on a mission. Then a snowstorm hits London, meaning Yasmin's enemy Tia can't fly to her luxury holiday in France. Yasmin is horrified when she gets sent a solo mission - to give Tia the best Christmas ever! Soon Tia is bossing Yasmin around and without her friends to help, Yasmin starts to wonder if making her arch nemesis happy might be mission: impossible . . .

When Zaiba and her team visit a historical ship wreck, they can't wait to see the mystery cargo found on board! But when the priceless artefact goes missing, it's up to Zaiba to find it before it's lost again forever.

Laugh-out-loud funny and a wonderful story about finding your voice. I loved it! ¿ David Walliams`Anarchically silly fun!' ¿ GuardianSidesplitting middle grade comedy, with serious heart (and one very funny llama). Illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan, the official illustrator for World Book Day 2022.

Anarchically silly fun!' - Guardian Five stars: 'I adored this book! [...] Funny and meaningful, a delight from start to finish.' - Netgalley Reviewer Levi is brilliant fun and is possibly the best talking animal since Donkey in Shrek,' - Netgalley Reviewer Rib-tickling middle grade comedy, packed full of warmth and llama drama! Yasmin Shah is just like any other ten-year-old girl, with a crazy loud family, the BEST best friend ever& and a talking toy llama! With the help of her loud guardian llama Levi, Yasmin has finally found her voice, but her mission has only just begun. She is determined to use her new-found confidence to help her friends, starting with turning Levi back into his true guardian llama form and getting him back into Seen Not Herd - the secret society of guardian llamas. What better way to prove this than by helping Yasmin's new friend Ezra tackle the biggest challenge of all - the struggles of school life! But it won't be easy with Levi constantly wrecking havoc and getting Yasmin into trouble... The second book in this hilarious series, perfect for fans of Charlie Changes into a Chicken and Planet Omar Annabelle Sami is a writer, director and performer who currently works in the arts. While reading children's books when babysitting she realised there was a lack of representation of funny girls and diverse characters in children's books - and she decided to do something about it. Growing up mixed-race, she never found her own life reflected in a book and now it's her mission to make sure that every spirited, witty and adventurous girl has her own special book that she can relate to.

When a new family move to the village, strange things start happening. Rumour has it that their house is haunted, but Zaiba and her team aren't so sure. Can they find the real culprit?

Sidesplitting middle grade comedy, with serious heart (and one very funny llama) Yasmin Shah is a ten-year-old girl who is part of a big, noisy family and doesn't ever speak. Levi is a rude, sassy toy llama, who talks A LOT and has come to wreak havoc in Yasmin's life.

When the head teacher is poisoned at the school summer fair, Zaiba leads the investigation. With a host of suspects and few clues, she'll have to use all her sleuthing skills to save the day.

It's up to Zaiba to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a celebrity singer's beloved dog, along with its priceless diamond collar.