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Tashjian, Janet

Marty Frye, Private Eye: The Case of the Missing Action Figure & Other Mysteries

76 pp. | Holt/Ottaviano | June, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-11661-1 $13.99
Reissue (1998)
(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Laurie Keller. Aspiring poet and amateur detective Marty Frye belts out couplets as he tracks down a classmate's missing diary, a lost box of action figures, and his sister's bag of flour. While poetry and detective fiction are an interesting mix, Marty's unimaginative rhymes become tiresome fairly quickly. Hip black-and-white drawings add humor.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

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