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Jan 06 2009
Open for business by Moya Simons
Walker Books, 2008. ISBN 9781921150302
(Age: 10+) The first in a series called The Walk Right In Detective
Agency sees Bernice and David setting up a detective agency which sorts
out loads of local problems. David is addicted to...
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Jan 06 2009
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Chicken House, 2008.
Ages: 9+ Recommended. Fans of Lemony Snicket are bound to enjoy
this
light hearted, rip roaring adventure based on the dastardly Mr
Curtain's wicked plan to brain wash the entire population and take over
the...more
Jan 05 2009
Murderer's thumb by Beth Montgomery
Text Publishing, 2008 ISBN
978192136148 8
(Ages: 12+) Hiding from a violent father, Adam and his mother rent a
small house on a farming property. Whole working with the farm hand,
Loody, Adam discovers a body in the silage pit. Buoyed up...more
Jan 05 2009
Aunt Nancy and the bothersome visitors by Phyllis Root
Walker Books, 2008.
(Ages 7+) Highly Recommended. Aunt Nancy is an intelligent, quick
thinking, resourceful lady who uses
all her cunning to defeat a series of unwelcome visitors. Each story
sees the arrival of one of these bothersome...more
Dec 16 2008
The story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Fourth Estate, 2008.
ISBN 9780007265022
(Age Senior to adult). This most unusual thriller, nearly 600 pages
long, has psychic elements combined with murder, arson and dog
breeding. With touches of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the story...more
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