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Find out moreWritten by Alexander Mccall Smith
Illustrated by Sam Usher
Part of the The Big-Top Mysteries Series
Warm-hearted junior mystery
There’s all the fun of the circus in Alexander McCall Smith’s new series, and a satisfying bit of junior sleuthing. Young Billy, Fern and Joe are performers in their family circus, but there’s a bit of Sherlock Holmes about them too: as their friend Mr Birdcage points out, they’re clever, and they like helping people. So when they notice a sad boy in the audience and find out his granny has gone missing, they set about finding her, using some of their circus skills in the process. Readers will be delighted to know that the circus’s troupe of dog stars play a part as well. It’s a lovely story and as ever filled with the all-embracing sense of kindness and integrity that is characteristic of McCall Smith’s writing.
Billy, Fern and Joe Shortbread are the stars of their family circus, but they also have another talent ... they're experts at solving mysteries! When their circus moves into a new town they soon make friends with a young boy named Tom. But Tom can't enjoy the circus because his granny has disappeared and he's worried he'll never see her again. With the help of their astonishing circus skills can the Shortbread circus stars crack the clues and find Tom's granny?
A brilliant McCall Smith adventure story, brimming with wit, wisdom and larger than life characters.
ISBN: 9781781128572
Publication date: 04/04/2019
Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Format: Paperback
| ISBN: | 9781781128572 |
| Publication date: | 4th April 2019 |
| Author: | Alexander Mccall Smith |
| Illustrator: | Sam Usher |
| Publisher: | Barrington Stoke Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Suitable for: | 7+ readers, 9+ readers |
| Genres: | Crime / Mystery |
| Recommendations: | Super-readable Dyslexia-friendly |
Alexander McCall Smith has written more than fifty books, including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children's books. But he is best known for his internationally acclaimed No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, published in the US in 2002 and 2003. The first installment, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, received two Booker Judge's Special Recommendations upon its U.K. publication in 1998, and in 2003 received The Saga Wit Award (commonly known as the "silver Booker" for authors over the age of 50). The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series now numbers a total of five books (he is working on ...
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