Girl's Best Friend (Maggie Brooklyn Mystery Series #1)

by Leslie Margolis

Overview

Nancy Drew fans will fall for the first title in Leslie Margolis's pitch-perfect middle-grade series, The Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries.

Dogs are disappearing in her neighborhood, and Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair knows all about it. After all, she has a semi-secret after-school gig as a professional (ok, amateur) dog-walker. Maggie hates to see a pup in trouble, so she's even willing to help her ex-best friend Ivy recover her rescue-dog, Kermit. Kermit's being held for ransom, and Maggie has noticed some suspicious behavior lately. But she never suspected her crush Milo could be involved . . .

Don't miss these other stories by Leslie Margolis:

The Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries

Girl's Best Friend

Vanishing Acts

Secrets at the Chocolate Mansion

The Annabelle Unleashed series

Boys Are Dogs

Girls Acting Catty

Everybody Bugs Out

One Tough Chick

Monkey Business

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599906904
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	10/25/2011
Series:	A Maggie Brooklyn Mystery , #1
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

LESLIE MARGOLIS is the author of the Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries, as well as five books in the Annabelle Unleashed series, including Boys Are Dogs, Girls Acting Catty, Everybody Bugs Out, One Tough Chick, and Monkey Business. She lives with her family in Los Angeles, CA.

www.lesliemargolis.com

@LeslieMargolis

Editorial Reviews

Clips the reader onto a touching, funny story-leash that twists and turns; dogs, their humans, twins of all ages, old friends and even apartments are not what they seem at first. At least not always...” —Blue Balliett, author of Chasing Vermeer

“Maggie Brooklyn is a smart, funny, capable detective, and a real kid. Sequel, please.” —Adam Rex, author of True Meaning of Smekday

“This is my kind of book! The mystery starts on page one. Then it's surprise after surprise, with lots of twists and turns— and chilling suspense.” —R.L. Stine

“While the well-crafted mysteries are foremost, it's the relatable, witty protagonist that makes this novel stand out....When this dog walker turned detective returns, she'll be welcome.” —The Horn Book

“Maggie is a friendly and thoughtful narrator with a sharply logical mind; readers...will appreciate her intellect and bravery, and applaud her success.” —Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

In this series debut, Maggie Sinclair tracks down a dognapper and solves a mystery about the noises in the walls of her Brooklyn brownstone apartment building. The 12-year-old heroine, who shares a middle name—Brooklyn—with her twin brother, Finn, is juggling two dogwalking jobs she's keeping secret from her parents, and somehow she attracts the ire of the dogs' former walker. Maggie tells her story in the first person—she's self-possessed and likable, even when her clueless brother invites her ex–best friend, now something of an enemy, to their shared 12th birthday party. Maggie's attention to details helps her to figure out why dogs seem to be disappearing and why there seem to be mice in the walls of her building, though astute readers will pick up on the solution to at least one mystery before Maggie solves it. There's a brief nod to Nancy Drew, but the real tensions in this contemporary preteen story are more about friendship and boy crushes than skullduggery. Still, the setting is appealing, and Maggie is a smart and competent heroine whose personal life is just as interesting as—if not more than—her detective work. (Mystery. 10-13)

Kirkus Reviews