Name: The Sunshine Sleuths
SKU: 59457370
Price: 16.62 EUR
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Author: Carter, Robin ; Webb, Mary
ISBN: 9781484078082

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mary Webb

Illustrated by

Robin Carter

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x12.9x0.4 cm

Weight

0.08 kg.

ISBN13

9781484078082

Synopsis "The Sunshine Sleuths"

In 'The Sunshine Sleuths' Mary Webb introduces us to a likeable group of youngsters who are out for adventure - and find it. 'Why don't we form a sort of crime fighting gang, ' Luca suggested enthusiastically, 'we could keep our eyes open for anything suspicious and investigate it.' 'But nothing suspicious ever does happen round here, ' said Isabella. 'That's only because we're not looking for it, ' argued Luca, 'I bet if we really kept our ears and eyes open and took notice of things, we'd find there are loads of suspicious things going on.' And so Luca and his younger brother Paolo form 'The Sunshine Sleuths' and sure enough before too long they all find themselves investigating something suspicious at a deserted villa. A self-confessed homage to Enid Blyton, the book has a timeless feel that even today's streetwise youngsters will find appealing.

Mary Webb

(Author)

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(Shropshire 1881 - St. Leonards on Sea 1927) was an English novelist and poet. She began writing when she was ten years old, but always ended up burning all her poems. However, once her brother read one and without telling her, he took it to the Shrewsbury Chronicle, which published it anonymously. Mary was amazed at the warm reception it received. From the age of twenty, Mary Webb had developed Graves-Basedow disease, and that suffering, as well as her longing for Shropshire, would inspire her for Precious Bane (1924). Despite winning the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse with this novel, she did not achieve success until after her early death in 1927, when Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin referred to her as "a forgotten genius".

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