What's a Serious Detective Like Me Doing in Such a Silly Movie? (A Stevie Diamond Mystery) - Softcover

Bailey, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550749226 ISBN 13: 9781550749229

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2002

Synopsis

In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, when the 13-year-old detective is given the opportunity to be an extra in a local film, she jumps at the chance. On set, Stevie and her detecting partner, Jesse, discover that a rash of accidents has the cast and crew believing the production is cursed. Now Stevie and Jesse have found themselves right in the middle of a mystery filled with lights, cameras -- and lots of action!

About this title

About the Author:

Linda Bailey is an award-winning author of many books for children, including Goodnight Sweet Pig, Stanley's Party, the Stevie Diamond Mysteries, and the Good Times Travel Agency series. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

From Booklist:

Gr. 4-6. In these volumes, six and seven of the Stevie Diamond Mystery series, 13-year-old Stevie and Jesse, her partner in crime detection, stumble on unusual events. In Shine in the Dark, a family reunion on an island near Vancouver inspires the intrepid Stevie and the more fearful Jesse to probe decades-old family secrets and explore a frightening cave as they seek the solution to the mystery of why Stevie's uncle disappeared. Members of Stevie's eccentric family form the core of this entertaining cast of characters. In Silly Movie, Stevie and Jesse are hired as extras in a horror film. A series of unfortunate events convinces some cast and crew that the film is jinxed, but the young detectives prove that the explanation is sabotage and find the culprit. Readers will be intrigued by the culture and vocabulary of the movie set, which makes a colorful backdrop for the mystery. Bailey is a Canadian writer with a flair for crisp dialogue as well as snappy book titles. Carolyn Phelan
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1550749226
• ISBN 13: 9781550749229
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192