The Secret Animal Society needs to help an old friend Spike 1 Magical mythical creatures 2 Mystery 3 Lighthouses The Secret Animal Society an organisation which protects those very rare animals few people know even exist is located in a remote valley close to the sea When twins Eddie and Izzie move there with their family theyre very disappointed that many of the animals keep themselves hidden In fact the only one they see regularly is Cornflake the dragon Noah the old caretaker tells them that its normal there are some creatures that they havent seen for years Then theres a sighting of an unidentified creature far out at sea which seems to be heading to the sanctuary The media goes into a frenzy is it some sort of sea monster a giant squid or octopus perhaps But its really a sea serpent a plesiosaur Noah recognises its song its Spike one of his favourite animals who no ones seen for years But now Spike is returning to the society and it sounds like hes in distress It turns out hes got his baby with him whos sick and hes hoping the society can help ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruth Symes has written many novels and picture books including the LITTLE REX and BELLA DONNA series for Piccadilly Press She also writes books about dogs under the pseudonym Megan Rix including the bestseller THE PUPPY THAT CAME FOR CHRISTMAS She was a resident writing coach on The Richard and Judy Show and was a judge on their Write a Childrens Short Story competition Follow Ruth at wwwruthsymescom or on Twitter ruth_symes