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157 pp.
| Kids Can |
April, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-55453-740-2$16.95
(3)
4-6
In three seemingly unrelated cases, teenage private investigator Jack Lime helps fellow classmates solve mysteries while evading his principal, bullies, and Grandma. As a throw-back to retro television P.I.s, likable Jack uses sayings and catchphrases that are charmingly old-fashioned (possibly not suited for every modern reader); short scenes and lots of dialogue make this breezy second adventure very readable.