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Sterling Children's Books
September 2016
On Sale: September 1, 2016
272 pages
ISBN: 1454919493
EAN: 9781454919490
Hardcover
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โWhatโs with the get-up? Is that the company uniform or something?โ
โThis? All P.I.s wear a trench coat.โ
โDude, thatโs a brown bathrobe.โ
I shrugged and straightened out my sleeves. โFirst rule of private investigation, Ivy: work with what youโve got.โ Twelve-year-old Howard Wallace lives by his list of rules of private investigation. He knows more than anyone how to work with what heโs got: a bathrobe for a trench coat, a makeshift office behind the school equipment shed, and not much elseโleast of all, friends. So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, heโs 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 sidekickโand a friendโis 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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