Smith is back with another series for young readers, this time with a girl as the protagonist. Harriet Bean, like Smith's beloved adult book characters, has an interest in detective work. When her father casually mentions that he has five sisters, Harriet is intrigued. And when her father shows her an unfinished family portrait, Harriet decides to find her aunts and complete the painting. Like the Chinese brothers, these sisters have special powers: One is strong, another bossy, the twins can read minds and the last is a master singer and ventriloquist. Short on believability but long on fun, this first Harriet Bean shows promise. Unfortunately, the second installment, Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats is not as charming and hardly involves the aunts at all. The mindreading twins, who run their own detective agency, call on Harriet to help them with a case. With characters ridiculously named Ed, Ted and Fred, Harriet masquerades as a jockey so she can find out why a racehorse trainer's horses are suddenly losing races. Yawn. (illustrations not seen) (Fiction. 79)
The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith launches a humorous mystery series that's sure to please children and their parents. Nine-year-old Harriet Bean can't believe her ears. She has aunts-five of them! Why has her absent-minded father never mentioned them before? Armed with a faceless family portrait and musty old clues, Harriet begins the quest for her long-lost aunts. But are her detective skills sufficient to track down muscular Veronica, musical Harmonica, mysterious Majolica, and the mind-reading twins Japonica and Thessalonika?
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The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith launches a humorous mystery series that's sure to please children and their parents. Nine-year-old Harriet Bean can't believe her ears. She has aunts-five of them! Why has her absent-minded father never mentioned them before? Armed with a faceless family portrait and musty old clues, Harriet begins the quest for her long-lost aunts. But are her detective skills sufficient to track down muscular Veronica, musical Harmonica, mysterious Majolica, and the mind-reading twins Japonica and Thessalonika?
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| BN ID: | 2940170555741 |
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| Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
| Publication date: | 07/28/2008 |
| Series: | Harriet Bean Series , #1 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Age Range: | 8 - 11 Years |
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