Teenage girls especially will like the idealism, energy and intensity of Lucy and Soline. DAVID HILL; Lucy Bee & Soline is full of entertaining characters and stories, and has given me a new perspective on my home and history. I love how relatable Lucy is, and found comfort in reading about her journey of deciding what she wanted to do in the future. ABBY SANGWINE, 16; Strong compassionate Lucy Bee is back again. Lucy Bee & Soline is a sensitive intelligent story. It weaves family relationships, the value of friendship, a quest for identity and the importance of heritage in an accomplished narrative. VIVIENNE BAILEY author); Lucy Bee & Soline is a great read with relatable characters and an intriguing storyline that will appeal to teens. HAYLEY SCHLUETER (teacher)

Anne Ingram's previous titles are Lucy Bee & the Secret Gene, Bonjour Lucy Bee, Sea Robbers, Golden Legends of Korea, Golden Legends of the Philippines, Golden Legends of Vietnam. For the Kapiti Children's Writers Charitable Trust, she edited and published two collections of work for children by local writers - Shortz- Stories from Kapiti, and Flying High - Stories and poems from Kapiti. Anne has worked as a newspaper columnist, freelance journalist, publisher's editor, teacher, and has had her own specialist children's bookstore. She has been coordinator of the Kapiti Children's Book Festival and convenor of the Kapiti Schools Mastermind competitions. She lives on the Kapiti Coast.