The London Eye Mystery
by:
Siobhan Dowd (author)
When Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye, he turned and waved before getting on. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off - but no Salim. Where could he have gone? Haws he spontaneously combusted? (Ted's theory.) Has he been kidnapped? (Aunt...
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When Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye, he turned and waved before getting on. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off - but no Salim. Where could he have gone? Haws he spontaneously combusted? (Ted's theory.) Has he been kidnapped? (Aunt Gloria's theory.) Is he even still alive? (The family's unspoken fear.) Even the police are baffled. Ted and Kat follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin, while time ticks dangerously by …
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780375849350 (0375849351)
Publish date: February 12th 2008
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Pages no: 322
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Contemporary
This book had a much lighter tone than "A Swift Pure Cry," which made for a more fun, lighthearted mystery. The main character is a teenage boy with Asperger's Syndrome. I wasn't sure how that was going to work at first - would he be interesting or just annoying? - but it worked out really well. ...
The London Eye Mystery is a decent little mystery for kids - a boy goes missing between boarding the London Eye and getting off - but that's not really what sets this book apart from others. It's the narrator, a 12-year-old boy Ted, who does that.I found the beginning a little slow, and to be honest...
At 11.32 in the morning Ted and his sister Kate watch their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye. Half an hour later the pod empties, but Salim isn’t in the group of people exiting.Soon the police have been warned and theories are flying around. Did Salim run away, was he kidnapped, didn’t he sp...
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Ted’s Aunt Gloria and cousin Salim are stopping in London to visit on their way to New York to live. While there, Ted, his sister Kate, and Salim set out to go on the London Eye. But due to a mysterious set of circumstances, only Salim ends up going–and when the Eye comes down, he’s not there.His di...