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Danica dela Torre, Certified Sleuth
By (Author) Mikaela Lucido
Illustrated by Joanna Cacao
Annick Press Ltd
Annick Press Ltd
2nd January 2025
Canada
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Hardback
208
Width 139mm, Height 184mm
Harriet the Spy meets Small Spaces in this heartfelt new paranormal mystery series for middle grade readers.
Danica and her partner Jack are Renley Crows best kid detectives. Well, theyre the only kid detectives . . . until Kennedy Fang moves to town. Kennedys convinced his new house is haunted, and he needs Jack and Danicas help to figure out whats going on. The only catch Kennedy wants to solve the case with them. Danicas not wild about working with her competition, but theres a bigger problem: her tita has forbidden her from meddling with the spirit realm. Not that Danica believes in spirits. But when Kennedy shows her a box of letters addressed to all three kidsletters that start to fly around his atticDanica knows she cant turn down their biggest case yet. Even if it means uncovering scary truths about the world . . . and about herself.
MIKAELA LUCIDO is a Filipina-Canadian storyteller, fangirl, and amateur birdwatcher. She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, and is the poetry editor of Savant-Garde literary magazine. Danica dela Torre, Certified Sleuth is her debut novel.
JOANNA CACAO is the bestselling illustrator of The Tryout (written by Christina Soontornvat) and the author/illustrator of The Secret of the Ravens. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her two dogs.