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Detecticat. Arsenic and old wolves – vol. 5
Humorous
Mystery
Two suspicious deaths. Seven not-so-innocent suspects. Detecticat has one mission: uncover the truth behind an old pack’s secrets!
When two elderly wolves, Little Tooth and Furry Tail, die under mysterious circumstances, their friend Vanna Whitefur seeks help from the only detective who can understand what’s going on: Detecticat. To solve the case, Detecticat must uncover the secrets hidden in the past of the old wolves – a task made easier by the fact that these wolves reside at the “Dance with Wolves” retirement home.
- Engaging detective stories for early readers, featuring small, humorous mysteries that captivate children’s curiosity and encourage independent reading.
- Clues clearly visible to readers: each story provides clear, easy-to-spot clues that enable young readers to anticipate solutions before the protagonist, Detecticat, does.
From the same series (Detecticat): Detecticat and the Bullglar, Crime and Fisherment, The Mastiff Always Plays Twice, The Window Overlooking the Pigsty, Big Octopus in Little China, The Caterpillar Beyond the Hedge, The Sunday Weasel.
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Target:
5-7
Year:
2024
Author
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica, and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.
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