Candy
Tidhar, Lavie2018
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Nelle Faulkner is a private detective in a city where sweets and chocolate are contraband, saying yes to a case from candy gangster Eddie de Menthe who sends her after a missing teddy bear. An original and energising application of classic film noir narration to children's fiction. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY meets BUGSY MALONE for 9+ readers. In a city where all chocolate and sweets have been banned, Nelle Faulkner is a 12-year-old private detective looking for her next client. So when notorious candy gangster Eddie de Menthe walks into her office (her dad's garden shed) and asks her to find a missing teddy bear, Nelle takes the case. But as soon as the teddy turns up, Eddie himself goes missing. Can
Main title:
Candy / Lavie Tidhar.
Author:
Tidhar, Lavie, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Scholastic, 2018.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781407184272 (pbk)9781407187785 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Detective and mystery storiesChildren's storiesFiction 9+AdventureChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesInterest age: from c 9 yearsChildren's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: General fictionChildren's / Teenage fiction: Crime & mystery fictionChildren's / Teenage general interest: Cooking & food
BRN:
325053