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Friday Barnes 1: Girl Detective

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Friday Barnes 1: Girl Detective

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

The eagerly awaited new series from the author of the bestselling Nanny Piggins series.

When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. On arrival, Friday is shocked to discover the respectable school is actually a hotbed of crime.

She’s soon investigating everything from disappearing homework to the Yeti running around the school swamp. That’s when she’s not dealing with her own problem - Ian Wainscott, the handsomest boy in school, who inexplicably hates Friday and loves nasty pranks.

Can Friday solve Highcrest Academy’s many strange mysteries, including the biggest mystery of all - what’s the point of high school?

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Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Australia

Country

Australia

Date

7 May 2019

Pages

256

ISBN

9781760890735

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

The eagerly awaited new series from the author of the bestselling Nanny Piggins series.

When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. On arrival, Friday is shocked to discover the respectable school is actually a hotbed of crime.

She’s soon investigating everything from disappearing homework to the Yeti running around the school swamp. That’s when she’s not dealing with her own problem - Ian Wainscott, the handsomest boy in school, who inexplicably hates Friday and loves nasty pranks.

Can Friday solve Highcrest Academy’s many strange mysteries, including the biggest mystery of all - what’s the point of high school?

Read More

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Australia

Country

Australia

Date

7 May 2019

Pages

256

ISBN

9781760890735

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