Guardian Kids’ review

August 17, 2014

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I really enjoyed reading this book and once I’d started reading I found I couldn’t stop!

The book could be read at almost any age. But because it has murder in, I wouldn’t recommend it to young children.

When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong (or Sherlock and Watson) become bored of their pacifism society and spiritualism society they decide to start up a detective agency at Deepdean school for girls. There’s only one problem: they can’t find anything to investigate apart from silly little mysteries like why does Lavinia’s tie vanish?

But when their science mistress is found dead in the gym by Hazel, what more exciting a case could they want. The two girls race the police to find out who the murderer is. They spend every minute of their spare time looking for clues and finding suspects.

But can they do it before the murderer strikes again?

This is a well written book full of excitement and mystery. I highly recommend it to you.

(Kung Fu Kitty on the Guardian site)

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