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Plunge into the Norfolk Broads as the Ds join up with the Coot Club once again - this time to solve a very baffling crime 'Why shouldn't we be detectives too?' When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set for a blissful summer on the river, they find their friends the Death and Glories in a very bad situation. Accused of setting boats adrift, sabotage and theft, the boys are under suspicion by everyone on the river. And in the meantime, the real culprits are still at large. There's no choice but to form a crime-busting team- The Big Six. As the evidence stacks against them, can they solve the mystery and trap the real criminals? Includes exclusive material- In 'The Backstory' find out about birds, boats and fish and put your own detective skills to the test! Vintage Children's Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

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"He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. ""Observer"" There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. ""TLS"""" ""He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure."" -""Observer"" ""There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating."" -""TLS"""

A sequel to Coot Club. I like this group of stories less well than I do those concerned with the doings of the Swallows and Amazons. Ransome is not at his best when his characters - to stay in character - seem forced to murder the King's English. He knows his gentlefolk better, it seems. The story has plenty of pace and action, more adventure perhaps than the other quieter tales. Of course, the setting is coastal England (pre-war) and the story has to do with boats. The Coot Club members, the central six, constitute themselves a miniature Scotland Yard and solve a mystery. (Kirkus Reviews)

He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. - Observer <br> There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. - TLS <p> From the Trade Paperback edition.

He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. - Observer There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. - TLS

He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. - Observer There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. - TLS From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in 1917, and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing career which has produced some of the real children's treasures of all time. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post. Ransome died in 1967. He and his wife Evgenia lie buried in the churchyard of St Paul's Church, Rusland, in the southern Lake District.

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