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Solve Your Own Mystery: The Time Thief

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Solve Your Own Mystery: The Time Thief by Gareth P. Jones is an engaging children's book that invites readers to step into the role of a detective. It presents a thrilling adventure where they must unravel the mystery of missing timepieces in a puzzling setting filled with quirky characters and clever clues. Readers will enjoy actively piecing together the mystery, making decisions that impact the storyline, and ultimately finding their own solutions.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy interactive stories that let you be the detective solving a crime. Set in a world full of intrigue and possibilities, it's perfect for young readers who love a mix of adventure, mystery, and decision-making, all wrapped up in an engaging narrative.

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Solve Your Own Mystery: The Time Thief

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A fantastically imaginative detective story for readers looking for an interactive adventure.

Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case.

The Museum of Magical Objects and Precious Stones is putting on a special time-travelling showcase, but when the main exhibit is stolen, it’s up to YOU to find the thief. The Time Sponge has the ability to stop and start time for whoever squeezes it, so who has the strongest motive? The minotaur chief of police who has a lot on at work or the shoplifting band of mermaids? Should you trail the museum’s petrifying gorgon curator? Or could your very own yeti partner be responsible? YOU decide!

Series: Solve Your Own Mystery

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Solve Your Own Mystery: The Time Thief by Gareth P. Jones is praised for being fabulously imaginative and delightfully dark, with a clever and fun approach. The book is filled with weird and wonderful elements, complemented by spook-a-licious illustrations that enrich its quirky, humorous, and sometimes grisly tone. Overall, it offers an engaging and entertaining experience for young readers, making crime-solving fun.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760656577

Publisher: Walker Books Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 January 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Walker Books Australia

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Louise Forshaw
  • Illustrated by Louise Forshaw

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 223g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Gareth P. Jones is the author of many books for children, including the Ninja Meerkats, Pet Defenders and Dragon Detective series, and The Considine Curse, for which he won the Blue Peter Book of the Year in 2012. He lives in south London with his family.


Louise Forshaw is an illustrator (and sometimes author) living in a small town in the North East, UK. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Illustration and Animation from Newcastle College. Louise works from home in a small studio, supervised by her three noisy and very mischievous Jack Russell Terriers.

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