creator of the InvestiGators series

Valissa the Beautiful (Russia)

She was going to spend all her time thinking about dead fish and not at all about how she was unceremoniously dumped days before winter break

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism

* Fans of Benjamin Chaud

Olivetti Vera B Williams creator of the InvestiGators seriesA heartfelt novel praised by Tom Hanks in the New York Times as including "a conclusion nearly impossible to divine and yet so perfect it includes that most tactile of memories" Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindle familythe family hes lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart from 12 year old Ernest,