
Book #1 in the The Great Shelby Holmes series
A young boy moves to New York City with his mother and becomes entangled in a mystery involving a missing dog.
In Harlem, nine-year-old detective Shelby Holmes meets her match in new neighbor John Watson. Despite their differences, they team up to solve a perplexing dog-napping mystery. Can Shelby's logic and John's easy-going nature crack the case? As they navigate clues and challenges, their budding friendship might just be the key to unraveling the truth. Dive into this delightful twist on a classic detective tale, where young sleuths face high stakes and unexpected turns.
Sherlock Holmes gets a fun, sweet twist with two irresistible young heroes and black & white illustrations throughout, in this middle grade debut from internationally bestselling YA author Elizabeth Eulberg.
Shelby Holmes is not your average sixth grader. She’s nine years old, barely four feet tall, and the best detective her Harlem neighborhood has ever seen–always using logic and a bit of pluck (which yes, some might call “bossiness”) to solve the toughest crimes.
When eleven-year-old John Watson moves downstairs, Shelby finds something that’s eluded her up till now: a friend. The easy-going John isn’t sure of what to make of Shelby, but he soon finds himself her most-trusted (read: only) partner in a dog-napping case that’ll take both their talents to crack.
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