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Description
Marty Chan is back with a sequel to his award-winning juvenile romp The Mystery Of the Frozen Brains.
Nine-year-old Marty and his francophone buddy, Remi Boudreau, stumble upon graffiti on the school's equipment shack and begin the adventure of tracking down the culprit. Marty spies on his classmates, wears his mom's dress to go undercover, and risks losing his best friend as the mystery of the graffiti ghoul leads him to the graveyard. With continued insight into a Chinese boy's life in a Francophone town in Alberta, Chan's humour balances the serious themes of bullying and racism that are revealed in the attitudes and actions of elementary school kids.
Recognized as contemporary versions of the Hardy Boys detective novels, the books in Chan's Mystery Series are first-rate entertainment and highly recommended for kids.
Ages 8-12
- Winner of the 2007 SYRCA Young Readers' Choice Diamond Willow Award
- Nominated for the 2007 Golden Eagle Children's Choice Book Award
Contributor Notes
Marty Chan is a nationally known dramatist, screenwriter and author. Author of The Mystery of the Frozen Brains, awarded the Edmonton Book Prize, and The Mystery of the Graffiti Ghoul winner of the Diamond Willow Award, among many more titles. His books for young readers have been finalists in The High Plains Book Awards, The Aurora Awards, The Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, to name a few! Marty lives and works in Edmonton with his wife, Michelle. When he's not writing, Marty dabbles in his other passions: editing videos, learning stage magic, and cuddling his cats, Hugo and Minnie.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 8 to 12
- Grade:
- 3 to 7
Awards
- Short-listed, R. Ross Annett Alberta Literary Award for Children's Literature
- Winner, SYRCA Young Readers' Choice AWard
- Short-listed, Arthur Ellis Crime Writers of Canada, Best Juvenile Writing
- , Golden Eagle Readers' Choice Award
Editorial Review
"Marty and Remi are each outcasts both for racial and socio-economic reasons, and Chan deftly portrays the loneliness this situation entails. In his descriptions of various episodes of persecution that both boys suffer, Chan is able to insert some solid tactics for defusing bullies along with insights into the origins of gossip. Readers will want to root for the underdogs who overcome the scorn of their tormentors and earn the respect of their classmates?. Recommended." --Canadian Materials
