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If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go.

Unfortunately, when his seven pounds goes missing on the train, Emil is determined to get it back - and when he teams up with the detectives he meets in Berlin, it's just the start of a marvellous money-retrieving adventure .



Trade Review
First published in 1929, this is an exciting story about a boy who loses some money and, along with a group of new friends, manages to corner the thief. -- Michael Rosen * S Magazine, Sunday Express *
Emil is a wonder... the book had, and still has, the effect of making me feel part of Emil's little gang of boys... Emil and the Detectives is a little masterpiece... Read it and you will be happy -- Maurice Sendak
The main pleasure of the book is in the way in which it plays to the fantasy of omnipotence in a child: that a team of kids could really organise themselves into a team of detectives and catch a thief -- Michael Rosen * Guardian *
The perfect introduction to the world of fictional crime detection * Independent *

Emil and the Detectives

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    A Paperback / softback by Erich Kästner

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Red Fox
      Published 5 April 2001
      ISBN-13 9780099413127
      978-0099413127
      ISBN-10 0099413124
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go.

      Unfortunately, when his seven pounds goes missing on the train, Emil is determined to get it back - and when he teams up with the detectives he meets in Berlin, it's just the start of a marvellous money-retrieving adventure .



      Trade Review
      First published in 1929, this is an exciting story about a boy who loses some money and, along with a group of new friends, manages to corner the thief. -- Michael Rosen * S Magazine, Sunday Express *
      Emil is a wonder... the book had, and still has, the effect of making me feel part of Emil's little gang of boys... Emil and the Detectives is a little masterpiece... Read it and you will be happy -- Maurice Sendak
      The main pleasure of the book is in the way in which it plays to the fantasy of omnipotence in a child: that a team of kids could really organise themselves into a team of detectives and catch a thief -- Michael Rosen * Guardian *
      The perfect introduction to the world of fictional crime detection * Independent *

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