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Jolly Foul Play
Jolly Foul Play | Robin Stevens
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The fantastic new mystery from the author of Murder Most Unladylike. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean for a new school term, but nothing is the same. There's a new Head Girl, Elizabeth Hurst, and a team of Prefects - and these bullying Big Girls are certainly not good eggs. Then, after the fireworks display on Bonfire Night, Elizabeth is found - murdered. Many girls at Deepdean had reason to hate Elizabeth, but who might have committed such foul play? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on scraps of paper, that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces, how will Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery? Praise for the Murder Most Unladylike series: 'Ripping good fun' The Times 'Thrilling' Guardian 'Top class' Financial Times 'A delight' Daily Mail
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mrp27
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January #SeriesLove2023 wrap up, three titles read. I enjoyed all three but am really loving the Little House chapter a day buddy read.

TheSpineView Excellent!🤩 2y
Andrew65 Looks some great reading 🥳 2y
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mrp27
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Book three for #JumpStart2023 and first book for #SeriesLove2023

I‘m a sucker for a fun middle grade mystery and this series fits the bill! Set at a boarding school in England during the 1930‘s amateur detectives and besties Daisy and Hazel form their own Detective Society. This is the 4th book in the Murder Most Unladylike mystery series and this time they are out to solve the murder of a classmate.

Clwojick Oo. This sounds great. I‘m going to add to my March TBR if I can find the audio. ❤️ 2y
TheSpineView Great start!❤️📚📚📚 2y
Andrew65 I like the look of these. Well done 🥳 2y
mrp27 @Clwojick Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. 2y
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AnneCecilie
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The 4th book in the Wells and Wong mystery books and this is another winner.

Elisabeth Hurst is found dead. She was the student that ruled the school. The teachers call it an accident. Hazel and Daisy are sure that it‘s murder and start to investigate. They soon find out that Elisabeth collected secrets. Which student had a secret worth killing for?

Andrew65 This looks fun and you are making good progress 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 2y
AnneCecilie @Andrew65 I love this series. And it really is so much fun 2y
Andrew65 @AnneCecilie Need to search it out as isn‘t a series or author I know. 2y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2y
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Cupcake12
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Another great book in the Murder Most Unladylike series. This is book 4. More murder, more mystery and more fun. I enjoyed reading about how the friendship dynamics are now changing as the girls are growing up. This book was set back at Deepdean School which is not a school I think I would enjoy! I‘m looking forward to seeing how Alexander is incorporated into the next book too.

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Cupcake12
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My company for today‘s school run 😍
Thank you for the lovely bookmark @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💋📚❤️ 4y
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Cupcake12
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Starting the 4th book in the series. My 11 year old loves the series and to be honest so do I!!

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emmaturi
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And good story from this series, this time there is another murder at their school Deepdean. #crimebooks

LeahBergen I‘ve only read the first of the series but I liked it! 4y
emmaturi It is a fun series, hope you continue to read it! @LeahBergen 4y
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Hufflepuffle
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Just finished the fourth book in the series and it was another great mystery. The Detective Society is back at Deepdean school but things are different and not in a good way. The head girl and her prefects are awful and everyone is miserable until a murder stirs things up and secrets start coming out and shifting the balance of power. Highly enjoyable as always!

Fulfils one last prompt for #summerfunbingo

🌸 Book with a yellow cover

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mrp27
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#hollyjollyreading #jolly

I love this cute detective series and this is the next book in the series for me.

OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚😊 5y
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emtobiasz
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I enjoyed the first few books in this series, but I‘ve absolutely loved the last two. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are detectives in a girls‘ boarding school working to discover who killed the unlikeable Head Girl at the bonfire. The cases are compelling but much more murder-y than most kids‘ mysteries get, so sensitive readers be aware. Characterization just keeps getting deeper as the series goes on.

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emtobiasz
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“We were all looking up, and so we missed the murder.”

Gotta love that opening line! #middlegrade #mystery #firstline

veritysalter My daughter loves these 🖤🖤🖤 5y
emtobiasz @veritysalter I‘m so glad to hear that! I‘ve been loving them, but I wasn‘t sure how actual middle grade readers would respond. Most kid mysteries are pretty light on violence, but these are very... murdery, for lack of a better word. 5y
veritysalter I listened to an interview with Robin Stevens on the Shedunnit podcast: she felt there was no middle ground for children, she intended them as a bridge from say an Enid Blyton mystery to an Agatha Christie. I‘m not sure what age Middle Grade is (I‘m in the UK), but my daughter started them when she was 11yrs and is nearly 15 now and still loves them. 5y
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LibrarianRyan
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I like this cover way better than the Litsy database cover.

April 17

#CoverLove #MGedition

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meichner87
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I love the Wells & Wong series! Perfect middle grade historical mysteries. This one isn't out in the US yet, but I went ahead and got a UK copy. Lovely! #middlegrade #mystery

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BreathlessTess
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Another charming book in the Wells & Wong Series. I really liked this one. If you are a teacher you may want to read this to your students, it adresses some interesting issues of friendships, power and bullying.

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BreathlessTess
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This post has nothing to do with the book I'm reading but I wanted you to see this girl at my bus stop carrying her books on her head.

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TeacherRecommends
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Planning a read aloud curriculum for my school - the first book I read and loved from this pile was Jolly Foul Play by Robin Evans p. Thought it was great - dealt with lots of issues and would be great to read to a class!

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