The Curious Crime
Overview
'In a strange, vast and wonderfully imagined museum, an apprentice sculptor and student scientist must solve a murder. Julia Golding has written a gripping helter-skelter story that will keep you guessing and start you thinking.' - Roger Wagner, artist and painter Is curiosity a crime? Ree discovers the unfairness of being a girl in a male-dominated scientific world, where alternative ideas are swiftly squashed. Enter a fantasy island where Phil the dodo and other unusual wild animals roam corridors, great halls and an underground network of passages of a magnificent museum and science academy. Prevented from following her creative passion as a stonemason, Ree is confined to cleaning the halls at night as a maid. But then the murders start happening... A determined scholar Henri and strong-willed Ree join forces to solve the mysteries and prove their innocence.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780745977874
- ISBN-10: 0745977871
- Publisher: Lion Children's Bks
- Publish Date: October 2018
- Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 304
- Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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