How Come The Best Clues Are Always In The Garbage

In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, Stevie and her partner have a thief to catch.

When a thief steals money from her mom's Garbage Busters project, Stephanie, a sixth grader, identifies herself as "Stevie Diamond, Detective" and sets off to find the culprit.

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In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, Stevie and her partner match wits with an international smuggler.

Explore the lives of 83 of the most talented children's authors writing today. Told in the authors' own words, these lively biographies describe the creative process, and offer advice to today's young writers. Learn how they crate wonderful books, where they get their ideas, what their desks look like, and what their favourite books were when they were growing up.

In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, Stevie's 72-year-old neighbor goes missing.

How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark is the story of Stevie Diamond who solves the mystery of her missing Uncle Archie. While on a family reunion on Catriola Island, Stevie and her best friend Jesse start on solving the mystery of her missing Uncle, who ran off to Europe to join the circus. While solving the mystery, Stevie finds a map in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer that leads to hidden gold in Bat Cave. From there, the Uncle Archie present at the family reunion is revealed to be an imposter, while the reason for the real Uncle Archie's disappearance is discovered. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, discussion questions and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.