Girl Detective

Written by R. A. Spratt & illustrated by Phil Gosier

Book #1 in the Friday Barnes Series

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$14.99

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8 - 12

Reading age

288

Page count

Jan 17, 2017

Publication date

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What's Girl Detective About

Publisher Summary

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 country—and 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?

What Kind of Book is Girl Detective

Topics

sleuthing school detectives girls and women boarding schools

Genres

mystery fiction action and adventure mystery, espionage and detective mystery and detective

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The Creatives Behind the Book

Author

R. A. Spratt

R. A. Spratt is an award-winning author with sixteen years of experience writing comedy and children’s programs for TV. She’s the author of the Nanny Piggins series, which went on to nine bestselling volumes in Australia. She lives in Bowral, Australia, with her husband and two daughters.

Illustrator

Phil Gosier

Phil Gosier is an independent art director and designer working in the Washington, DC area. His illustration and design clients include Kellogg’s, the Discovery Channel, Marvel and DC Comics, and Macmillan. He graduated from the University of Maryland and lives in suburban Maryland with his family.