Description
Product ID: | 9780241523384 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | The Detention Detectives |
Title: | The Detention Detectives |
Authors: | Author: Lis Jardine |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, School stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'Sharply drawn... convincingly humorous and stroppy' - The Guardian"Finding a dead body at my new school was a pretty rubbish way to start. But actually getting mixed up in the case? I was bound to get into deep, deep trouble for that!"Murder comes to Hanbridge High, and three Year Seven misfits want to solve the crime:New boy Jonno hopes playing detective will convince his parents that moving to Hanbridge was a big mistake. School reporter Lydia thinks her news story will sweep everything else off the front page. And young carer Daniel needs the police to arrest the right culprit - for his mum's sake. They may not be friends, but they're about to become. . .The Detention Detectives. 'a fresh new take on the murder mystery genre' - The School Library Association'Friendship, trust, courage and determination are at the heart of this extremely funny murder-mystery tale' - BookTrustMisfits and murder meet in this brilliantly fun new mystery series by debut author Lis Jardine. A perfect next read for fans of Sharna Jackson's The High-Rise Mysteries, Fleur Hitchcock's Murder in Midwinter, and Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike. ''Sharply drawn... convincingly humorous and stroppy'' - The Guardian |
Imprint Name: | Puffin |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-01-05 |