I still love the writing style and find I have a picture quickly built in my head about the character(s) and the world that Friday lives in but something was missing (maybe Nanny Piggins.lol). If you're going to do a cliffhanger, this is the model to follow!Īdmittedly I bought this because I love Nanny Piggins! I find that Nanny Piggins has humour in it that adults can get but Friday Barnes doesn't (or maybe not in this first book). All the story threads wrap very well, indeed, so when the zinger hits at the end, it's pure invitation and doesn't leave any question about what happened or alter our understanding of events to that point. It may qualify, but it isn't the reader-hating abomination that comprises most cliffhangers. I looked forward to each one as a discovery in its own right.Ī note about cliffhangers: This ends on a tease that some may call a cliffhanger. They're the perfect enhancement to the story and full of character. If you think you may be intrigued, the first chapter will give you all you need to know if you'll enjoy it or not.Ī note about illustrations: The copy I have has marvelous illustrations by Phil Gosier. Which undersells the story dreadfully but is about as good as I can come up with for plot/character description.Īnd I think I'll leave it at that, except to add that I loved it right from the git-go and gulped it down whole. Friday Barnes is a self-taught auto-didact with a love for mystery solving and quality alone-time, and a distaste for physical exertion-so if Veronica Mars were an introverted wuss in middle school. It's a mix of snark and insight told in a straight-up manner that is immediately engaging. The tone of this book flows right from the start. I love when it turns out as well as this one did.
That’s when she’s not dealing with her own problem – Ian Wainscott, the handsomest boy in school, who inexplicably hates Friday and loves nasty pranks.I don't pick up a lot of middle-grade fiction, but every now and then, something piques my interest somehow and I dive in. Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an 11-year-old girl! When Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery, she uses the $50,000 reward to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country.įriday is soon investigating disappearing homework, rampant high-tech smuggling, clock theft from the headmaster’s office and a Yeti running around the school swamp. Random House Australia Publication order Previous
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