A Comic Legal Thriller for 10- to 14- year olds.
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel and CBC Young Canada Reads.
A New York Public Library Best Book for Teens
Nominated for:
The Edgar Allan Poe Award,
Canadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year,
New Jersey Library Association’s Garden State Teen Book Award,
Ann Connor-Brimer Award,
Red Cedar Award.
Silver Birch Award
Bank Street College List of Best Books
“The kind of timing, pacing, dead-pan one-liners, and punchy humour that a seasoned stand-up comic would envy. Both real and funny.” Quill & Quire, starred review
“A very, very funny book. I couldn’t put it down.” CBC Radio’s Children’s Book Panel
“A thoroughly engaging whodunit!” The Globe and Mail
“Funny, clever! Four and a half stars.” Today’s Parent
“Hilarious…A clever plot twist or two, a lot of laughs and a new favorite narrator….” Knight Ridder News Agency
“Humor, wackiness, intelligence, and suspense – what else would we wish for?” KLIATT
“…a brilliant mystery-adventure novel…” Canadian Children’s Book News
