Friday Barnes, Girl Detective

Friday Barnes, Girl Detective
Author: R. A. Spratt
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1626722986

Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl! When Friday Barnes, girl genius, solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to Highcrest Academy, the most exclusive boarding school in the country—and discovers it's a hotbed of crime! Soon she's investigating everything from disappearing homework to the terrifying Yeti haunting the school swamp. But the biggest mystery yet is Ian Wainscott, the handsomest (and most arrogant) boy in school who inexplicably hates her. Will the homework be found? Can they ever track down the Yeti? And why is Ian out to ruin her? With black-and-white art throughout, Friday Barnes, Girl Detective is the launch of an exciting new mystery series that "will keep readers laughing from start to finish." (Publishers Weekly)

Big Trouble: A Friday Barnes Mystery

Big Trouble: A Friday Barnes Mystery
Author: R. A. Spratt
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017-01-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 162672637X

More mysteries abound in Book 3 of this middle-grade series about a genius girl detective who solves crimes at her boarding school.

Lady Friday (The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 5)

Lady Friday (The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 5)
Author: Garth Nix
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0007279159

Friday is here! The race is on to find the secret of the Middle House. The fifth eagerly awaited installment in Garth Nix’s best selling fantasy series,The Keys to the Kingdom.

My Name is Not Friday

My Name is Not Friday
Author: Jon Walter
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0545863716

A gorgeously written account of a freeborn black boy sold into slavery during the Civil War; think 12 Years a Slave for young adults. Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua's latest prank, and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine. He's taken from the orphanage to the South, given a new name -- Friday -- and sold into slavery. What follows is a heartbreaking but hopeful account of Samuel's journey from freedom, to captivity, and back again.

Friday Barnes Under Suspicion

Friday Barnes Under Suspicion
Author: R. A. Spratt
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2016-08-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1626722994

The second book in the hilariously clever mystery series starring Friday Barnes, genius girl detective!

Fortune Falls

Fortune Falls
Author: Jenny Goebel
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545811929

Don't step on a crack or you'll break your mother's back.Hold your breath when you pass a graveyard.Find a penny pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck. Welcome to Fortune Falls, a magical town where superstitions are real. Four-leaf clovers really do bring good fortune, and owning a rabbit's foot is the secret to success.However, there aren't enough charms in the universe to help Sadie Bleeker. She can't pass a ladder without walking under it, and black cats won't leave her alone. That's because Sadie is an Unlucky. And things will only get worse as she gets older, which is why Unluckies are sent away at age twelve to protect those around them.Sadie can't stand the thought of leaving home, so she and her friend, Cooper, devise a plan to reverse her bad luck. But when their scheme results in a broken mirror, the situation turns dire. Because for Sadie, seven years bad luck isn't an inconvenience; it's practically a death sentence. Can a girl who's never so much as found a single lucky penny change her fortune? Or will she be forced to celebrate her twelfth birthday by saying farewell to everyone she loves?

No Rules: A Friday Barnes Mystery

No Rules: A Friday Barnes Mystery
Author: R. A. Spratt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2017-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1626726396

In the fourth book of the Friday Barnes Mystery series, can Friday Barnes prove Ian's innocence, find the Highcrest Academy prankster, and save her school? If it involves running, then probably no, but if not . . . Friday's on the case!