{"product_id":"premeditated-myrtle-myrtle-hardcastle-mystery-elizabeth-c-bunce-9781616209186","title":"Premeditated Myrtle","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Edgar\u003c\/b\u003e(R)\u003cb\u003e Award Winner, Best Juvenile\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2020: Middle Grade\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite new amateur detective: a wickedly smart twelve-year-old with a keen interest in criminology and a nose for murder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her father's law books and her mum's microscope, Myrtle studies toxicology, keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis, and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her next-door neighbor, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. With her unflappable governess, Miss Ada Judson, by her side, Myrtle takes it upon herself to prove Miss Wodehouse was murdered and find the killer, even if nobody else believes he --not even her father, the town prosecutor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With sparkling wit and a tight, twisty plot, \u003ci\u003ePremeditated Myrtle\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in a series from an award-winning author, introduces a brilliant young investigator ready to take on hard cases and maddening Victorian rules for Young Ladies of Quality in order to earn her place among the most daring and acclaimed amateur detectives of her time or any other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth C. Bunce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616209186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616209186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e509670 \/ Premeditated Myrtle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2020 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020 pg. 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average","brand":"Elizabeth C. Bunce","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052383170815,"sku":"9781616209186","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_feb1e9f2-cb0c-4659-975d-4449dff9e422.jpg?v=1685018489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/premeditated-myrtle-myrtle-hardcastle-mystery-elizabeth-c-bunce-9781616209186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}