Lori and Max and the Book Thieves

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Longlisted for the UKLA Book Award 2022 ages 7-10

You could describe friends Lori and Max as oddballs - Lori, the would-be private detective and Max taciturn and reticent except with her dog, Fang – but as the stars of this exciting, funny and heart-warming story they are immensely appealing, the kind of characters you want to spend lots more time with.

There are at least two separate storylines in this their second adventure (it’s not an issue if you haven’t read book one), one to do with the theft of Max’s mobile phone, the other involving a book belonging to Lori’s parents, who died when she was just a baby. Both are enthralling and full of surprises, and both reveal more about our two protagonists and make us understand them even better. This is intelligent, top-quality story-telling and writing and highly recommended.

Reviewed by Andrea Reece
Andrea Reece has spent almost her entire working life in children’s books, first as publisher, latterly as consultant, project manager and critic.
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About Lori and Max and the Book Thieves

Since Lori saved Max from kidnapping, their lives have been uneventful. But when Max's new phone goes missing from the school cloakroom, it soon becomes clear that this isn't an ordinary case of theft. As the pair set about laying a trap for a gang leader, Lori uncovers a mystery closer to home in which a missing children's book leads to the unmasking of a cheating antique dealer and to hidden information about her own long-lost parents.

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