Howard Wallace, P.I. (Howard Wallace, P.I., Book 1)

By Casey Lyall

Book Overview

"...Lyall's debut is a winner." --Publishers Weekly

"What's with the get-up? Is that the company uniform or something?"
"This? All P.I.s wear a trench coat."
"Dude, that's a brown bathrobe."
I shrugged and straightened out my sleeves. "First rule of private investigation, Ivy: work with what you've got."

Twelve-year-old Howard Wallace lives by his list of rules of private investigation. He knows more than anyone how to work with what he's got: a bathrobe for a trench coat, a makeshift office behind the school equipment shed, and not much else--least of all, friends. So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, he's ready to take it on himself . . . until the new kid, Ivy Mason, convinces him to take her on as a junior partner. As they banter through stakeouts and narrow down their list of suspects, Howard starts to wonder if having Ivy as a sidekick--and a friend--is such a bad thing after all.

Named a Book Riot middle-grade book for the summer with special recommendation for reluctant readers
Winner of the Red Cedar Book Award for Fiction

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1454919493
• ISBN13: 9781454919490
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7