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Garvie Smith Mysteries

School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 9

No. of pages 448

Published: 2015

Great for age 13-17 years

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Meet Garvie Smith. Highest IQ ever recorded at Marsh Academy. Lowest ever grades. What's the point? Life sucks. Nothing surprising ever happens. Until Chloe Dow's body is pulled from a pond. His ex-girlfriend. DI Singh is already on the case. Ambitious, uptight, methodical - he's determined to solve the mystery - and get promoted. He doesn't need any 'assistance' from notorious slacker, Smith. Or does he?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Garvie Smith Mysteries .

This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.

There are 448 pages in this book. This book was published in 2015 by David Fickling Books .

Simon Mason has written three adult novels. This is his first children's book.

 

This book is in the following series:

Garvie Smith Mysteries

This book has been nominated for the following award:

The Whitbread Award
This book was recognised by the The Whitbread Award, now called 'The Costa Book Awards'. These are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.

Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award 'Sassily written, it is driven irresistibly forward by a twisty mystery' Sunday Times 'Five Stars!' Telegraph