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Lädt ... Howard Wallace, P.I.von Casey Lyall
![]() Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. ![]() ![]() Howard Wallace isn't an ordinary middle schooler. He speaks like Sam Spade and sometimes smacks bullies. This middle reader book was full of wit and fun. Reminded me a little of the Sammy Keyes series in quality of the mystery and great characters! Some of the references might go over the heads of middle school audience, but I think that might work in its favor and expand a child's knowledge of classic private eyes. Highly recommend. Readers middle grade through middle age. Received this book as an Advanced Reader Copy at Book Expo America. This book is a delight. A hardboiled middle school private investigator, a case involving plenty of drama and corruption, true-to-life conflicts, an endearing boy-girl friendship, and a great big dose of humour. All of the PI lingo was basically my favourite thing ever. Who among us didn't go through a phase as a kid where they kept surveillance logs and insisted on being called "Gumshoe" by their parents? I would have eaten this book up back then. Now? It's the most fun read I've had in ages. This was such a great book! I loved Howard's voice - picture a cynical private investigator from a 1950s television show - but in seventh grade. Howard grudgingly takes on the new girl, Ivy, as his junior partner, and the two of them set off to find out who's behind a recent crime spree at their school. I laughed on almost every page of this book and I can't wait to read more from this author! keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Juvenile Fiction.
Juvenile Literature.
Mystery.
Humor (Fiction.)
"...Lyall's debut is a winner." â??Publishers Weekly "What's with the get-up? Is that the company uniform or something?" "This? All P.I.s wear a trench coat." "Dude, that's a brown bathrobe." I shrugged and straightened out my sleeves. "First rule of private investigation, Ivy: work with what you've got." Twelve-year-old Howard Wallace lives by his list of rules of private investigation. He knows more than anyone how to work with what he's got: a bathrobe for a trench coat, a makeshift office behind the school equipment shed, and not much elseâ??least of all, friends. So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, he's ready to take it on himself . . . until the new kid, Ivy Mason, convinces him to take her on as a junior partner. As they banter through stakeouts and narrow down their list of suspects, Howard starts to wonder if having Ivy as a sidekickâ??and a friendâ??is such a bad thin Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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