Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India to solve a baffling mystery--the Mystery of the Missing Bubblegum Trees! Because without the bubblegum trees, there'll be no more Gopal's Best Pink Bubblegum, and even more importantly, no more Bubblegummies--the people who live in the trees.

It's not an easy mystery to solve--and soon they're all involved in a bungy-jumping, tiger-trouncing, woodcutter-walloping, bubblegum-blowing adventure!

Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India. But this is no holiday - they must solve the mystery of the missing bubble gum tree sap, because without it, Gopal's Best Pink Bubblegum won't work - and that is no laughing matter.

2007-12-14 A great read

My six year old son loved this book. AMS writes in a lovely traditional way for children, he doesn't patronise, use slang or try to be 'with it'. This book is a good old fashioned read, it's great to read out loud as the sentences are beautifully formed. AMS also uses some quite challenging words and expressions (challenging for young children that is) but that's really nice too, as it leads on to other discussions. The book has a limited number of illustrations and is of a decent length - it has helped my son to use his imagination more and rely on picture cues less.