The sweetness at the bottom of the pie
Title
:
The sweetness at the bottom of the pie
Personal Author EPSB
:
Alan, Bradley
Summary
:
Introducing Flavia de Luce, a new breed of detective heroine: she's a pig-tailed eleven-year-old with a penchant for poison, and things get interesting the day she finds a dead body in the cucumber patch. Great literary crime detectives aren't always born; they're sometimes discovered, blindfolded, and tied up in a dark closet by their nasty older sisters. Flavia's bitter home life and vicious sibling rivalry inspire her solitary diversions and "strange talents". Fearless and darkly imaginative, Flavia hurries to solve the murder and free her father of suspicion.
Year Published
:
2009
Physical Description
:
373 p. ; 21 cm.
Note
:
Canadian author.
Includes an excerpt from the sequel, The weed that strings the hangman's bag.
Grade Interest level
:
10-12
Program Information
:
YRCA 2012
Awards
:
2012 YRCA Senior Award Nominee
Subject
:
Detectives -- England -- Fiction.
Motherless families -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Single parent families -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
England -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Mystery fiction.
Curriculum Objective
:
History
Summary
:
Introducing Flavia de Luce, a new breed of detective heroine: she's a pig-tailed eleven-year-old with a penchant for poison, and things get interesting the day she finds a dead body in the cucumber patch. Great literary crime detectives aren't always born; they're sometimes discovered, blindfolded, and tied up in a dark closet by their nasty older sisters. Flavia's bitter home life and vicious sibling rivalry inspire her solitary diversions and "strange talents". Fearless and darkly imaginative, Flavia hurries to solve the murder and free her father of suspicion.
ISBN
:
9780385665834
Publisher
:
[Toronto] : Anchor Canada, 2009.
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Kate Chegwin | FIC BRA ISSUE 302 | Book | 30574000505576 | Checked out |
Kate Chegwin | FIC BRA ISSUE 301 | Book | 30574000506954 | Checked out |