The Case of the Smuggler's Curse
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12

The Case of the Smuggler's Curse

By Mark Dawson, Ben Mantle (Illustrator)

Part of the The After School Detective Club series

A ghostly figure on the beach leads kids into a thrilling mystery with smugglers and secrets.

256 pages
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Lucy, Max, Joe, and Charlie, along with Charlie's dog Sherlock, stumble upon a ghostly figure on Southwold beach. As they dig deeper, their adventure escalates with motorboats, tracking devices, and daring rescues. But when their sleuthing lands them in trouble with the police, they must go undercover for a final showdown with a dangerous gang of smugglers. Can this unlikely group of friends solve the mystery and outsmart the criminals before it's too late?

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Lucy, Max, Charlie and Joe aren’t looking for new friends - they have too many of their own problems to worry about. But when the four of them, and Charlie’s faithful dog, Sherlock, spot a phantom figure on Southwold beach one winter’s night, they are thrown together to unravel a mystery that none of them expected.The deeper they dig, the bigger the adventure becomes - motorboats and tracking devices, bedroom breakouts and daring sea rescues are all in a day’s work for the After-School Detective Club. But when their investigations lead them into trouble with the police, there is only one thing left to do - they must go undercover for a final showdown with a ruthless gang of smugglers who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
256
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
740L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.7
F&P level
~R
Publication
Published
January 25, 2022
Publisher
Welbeck Children's Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781801300100

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