by Lili Wilkinson
If Sherlock Holmes were a teenage girl, he'd probably be like Bee Ross. Bee likes to observe things and break them down into bullet points. She also likes mysteries and can list all of the original Nancy Drew book titles from memory (that won me over, that did). She works in the taxidermy department...
3.5/5Never mind her trying to be Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden or even Veronica Mars, Bee is such an odd ball… and she made me laugh so hard. She’s too old for the mystery bit, and got caught up in her not so simple little scenarios, but the things she did to move forward were priceless! She’s not the...
Rating: 4.5 StarsYou’d think that amidst the constant praise for Aussie YA Novels you’d come across at least one book that didn’t hit the mark, but Lili Wilkinson’s A Pocketful of Eyes is not that story. Wilkinson, like so many Aussie authors, seems to have a knack for throwing together various idea...
3.5 starsTaking place in a Melbourne museum with monetary woes, A Pocketful of Eyes is a twisty mystery that involves animal trivia, taxidermy, a tiger and a cute boy called Toby. (And that’s enough cheesy alliteration from me). Bee is working a summer job in the department of taxidermy at the Museu...
If you can get past the idea that the police would take one look at a dead body on the floor of the museum, a bottle of poison clutched in his hand, and immediately declare it a suicide without searching the room nor doing an autopsy, then you can settle back and enjoy the ride.Despite this rather g...
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