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A must-have series for middle-grade readers. Booklist

Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl!

When Friday Barnes, girl genius, solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to Highcrest Academy, the most exclusive boarding school in the countryand discovers it''s a hotbed of crime!

Soon she''s investigating everything from disappearing homework to the terrifying Yeti haunting the school swamp. But the biggest mystery yet is Ian Wainscott, the handsomest (and most arrogant) boy in school who inexplicably hates her. Will the homework be found? Can they ever track down the Yeti? And why is Ian out to ruin her?

Girl Detective is the first book in the hilarious Friday Barnes Mystery series.

Girl Detective A Friday Barnes Mystery

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    A Paperback / softback by R A Spratt, Phil Gosier

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      Publisher: Square Fish
      Publication Date: 17/01/2017
      ISBN13: 9781250141972, 978-1250141972
      ISBN10: 1250141974

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A must-have series for middle-grade readers. Booklist

      Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl!

      When Friday Barnes, girl genius, solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to Highcrest Academy, the most exclusive boarding school in the countryand discovers it''s a hotbed of crime!

      Soon she''s investigating everything from disappearing homework to the terrifying Yeti haunting the school swamp. But the biggest mystery yet is Ian Wainscott, the handsomest (and most arrogant) boy in school who inexplicably hates her. Will the homework be found? Can they ever track down the Yeti? And why is Ian out to ruin her?

      Girl Detective is the first book in the hilarious Friday Barnes Mystery series.

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