βWhatβs with the get-up? Is that the company uniform or something?β βThis? All P.I.s wear a trench coat.β βDude, thatβs a brown bathrobe.β I shrugged and straightened out my sleeves. βFirst rule of private investigation, Ivy: work with what youβve got.β
Twelve-year-old Howard Wallace lives by his list of rules of private investigation. He knows more than anyone how to work with what heβs got: a bathrobe for a trench coat, a makeshift office behind the school equipment shed, and not much elseβleast of all, friends. So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, heβs ready to take it on himself . . . until the new kid, Ivy Mason, convinces him to take her on as a junior partner. As they banter through stakeouts and narrow down their list of suspects, Howard starts to wonder if having Ivy as a sidekickβand a friendβis such a bad thing after all.
Named a Book Riot middle-grade book for the summer with special recommendation for reluctant readers! Nominated for the 2018 Red Cedar Book Award!
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