The Bad Kid

Zusatztext "[M]ultiracial Claude heads up a diverse cast of well-formed characters! and the exploration of friendship and family relations is worthwhile. For readers looking for a tough-talking! independent heroine with detective aspirations! this debut is a treat." Informationen zum Autor Sarah Lariviere grew up in Champaign, Illinois. She graduated from Oberlin College and has a master's degree in social work from Hunter College in New York City, where she specialized in casework with children and families. She wrote The Bad Kid in Paris, France, and Austin, Texas. She now writes, makes art, cooks, and gardens in San Francisco, California, with her husband, Tim Mapp, and their children, Adèle and Laszlo. Klappentext In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park, eleven-year-old Claudeline Feng LeBernardin hopes to take over the "family business" previously run by her mobster grandfather, but first she must try to uncover a local scam artist and salvage her friendship with her best friend and partner in crime, Fingerless Brett. Zusammenfassung Claudeline Feng LeBernardin learns what it really means to be bad in this Edgar Award–nominated colorful and hilarious mystery reminiscent of Harriet the Spy . Claudeline Feng LeBernardin is very good at being bad. Her Grandpa Si was a real-life gangster, and Claude always thought she’d take over the family business when he was gone. Instead, Claude’s dad is in charge—and she’s sure he’s running things into the ground. She wants to step in, but her parents are keeping secrets and her partner in crime, Fingerless Brett, is suddenly on the straight and narrow. Then, when a very strange character by the name of Alma Lingonberry shows up in the neighborhood, Claude gets closer to the crime life than ever. Before long, she’s swept up in a maddening mystery that’s got her wondering: What does it really mean to be bad?

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Lariviere, Lariviere Sarah
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781481435819
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-3581-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories