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Jan 06 2009

Open for business by Moya Simons


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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


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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...
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Jan 05 2009

Murderer's thumb by Beth Montgomery


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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...
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Jan 05 2009

Aunt Nancy and the bothersome visitors by Phyllis Root


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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...
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Dec 16 2008

The story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski


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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...
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