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A brilliant detective story for readers of 10+, from the screenwriters of X Men First Class and Thor. A must-read for anyone who loved The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. 'Fans of John Green and Sarah Dessen will like this book very much' Publishers Weekly
Colin Fischer is 14 and he has Asperger's. A lot of the world is a mystery to Colin - he can't read his classmates' expressions without looking at a chart, the colour blue is really off-putting and he has no idea why his parents like to hug him. But when a gun goes off in the school cafeteria one lunchtime, Colin knows he can work out who did it. Colin loves cool, hard logic. His hero is Sherlock Holmes. Only Colin can piece together the puzzle that links chocolate cake, a dodgy gangster, a cheerleader and a very unlikely suspect.
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Review:
"Colin Fischer is like an alien anthropologist stranded on Earth, with no choice but to master the local social codes and try to pass as human, or perish." --Lev Grossman, "New York Times "bestselling author of "The Magicians"
"Evok[es] Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" . . . Readers will be drawn into the mystery and intrigued by Colin's vision of the world." --"PW "
"The 14-year-old hero of this extraordinary debut novel is like no one else we've met in children's literature. . . . Readers will take this hero to heart." --"Shelf Awareness", starred review
"This is a delightful novel; Colin is a young Sherlock Holmes." --Library Media Connection", starred review
"The subgenre combining sleuthing with characters who have Asperger syndrome gets a new entry offering humor and interesting historical and scientific connections." - "Kirkus Reviews"
"Authors Miller and Stentz['s] . . . portrayal of differently wired Colin feels genuine and authentic. [An] engaging and humorous mystery." --"Horn Book Reviews"
"A sympathetic and dynamic character." --"Booklist"
"I fell for Colin." --"L.A. Times"
About the Author:
"Evok[es] Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" . . . Readers will be drawn into the mystery and intrigued by Colin's vision of the world." --"PW "
"The 14-year-old hero of this extraordinary debut novel is like no one else we've met in children's literature. . . . Readers will take this hero to heart." --"Shelf Awareness", starred review
"This is a delightful novel; Colin is a young Sherlock Holmes." --Library Media Connection", starred review
"The subgenre combining sleuthing with characters who have Asperger syndrome gets a new entry offering humor and interesting historical and scientific connections." - "Kirkus Reviews"
"Authors Miller and Stentz['s] . . . portrayal of differently wired Colin feels genuine and authentic. [An] engaging and humorous mystery." --"Horn Book Reviews"
"A sympathetic and dynamic character." --"Booklist"
"I fell for Colin." --"L.A. Times"
Ashley E Miller and Zack Stentz are comic book fans who met online. They went on to form a hugely successful Hollywood screenwriting partnership working on X-Men and Thor and are slated to write the forthcoming Top Gun sequel. This is their first novel and is based on personal childhood experiences.
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- PublisherRAZORBILL
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1595146105
- ISBN 13 9781595146106
- BindingPaperback
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