Overview

Fifteen-year-old Charlie stays home from school so he canhelp his older brother, Tom, who is in a hip-to-toe castafter breaking his leg in a football game. When not waitingon his brother hand and foot, Charlie investigates a series ofbreak-ins that have the whole neighborhood on edge. Thingsreally hit home when Charlie nearly catches the thief and thenfoils an attempted break-in at his own house. As he continuesto piece together the clues, Charlie realizes that the easiest wayfor the culprit to avoid suspicion is to hide in plain sight.

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An entertaining roller-coaster ride of emotions for reluctant readers. --Kirkus Reviews

In this short but very effective story, Hughes conveys a credible mystery and subsequent detection without resorting to cliche or shortchanging the dynamic. --Resource Links A solid book with an engaging plot. Recommended. --CM: Canadian Review of Materials An entertaining roller-coaster ride of emotions for reluctant readers. --Kirkus Reviews

An entertaining roller-coaster ride of emotions for reluctant readers. --Kirkus Reviews A solid book with an engaging plot. Recommended. --CM: Canadian Review of Materials

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Alison Hughes is an award-winning author of many books for children and young adults, including The Silence Slips In, winner of the R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature and Hit the Ground Running, a nominee for the Governor General's Literary Award. Alison is a university Writing Advisor, volunteers with children and literacy groups and gives frequent workshops and presentations at schools, libraries, festivals and conferences across Canada. She lives in Edmonton with her family.

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