And when there are dangerous secrets everywhere, not just outside, but under your own roof. There is a murder, and it is as a result of the efforts of the juvenile protagonist that it gets solved, but this is very much more on the helping people, young or otherwise. When you're amazing at drawing but terrible at fitting in. Well, this week with Smart (2014) by Kim Slater, we have a story about a young man solving a murder that is most assiduously not about a young man solving a murder. It's a good job Kieran's a master of observation, and knows all the detective tricks of the trade.īut being a detective is difficult when you're Kieran Woods. And to his grandma, who just stopped coming round one day. He's going to find out what really happened. He's made a promise, and when you say something out loud, that means you're going to do it, for real. It was only a homeless old man after all. There's been a murder, but the police don't care. He was a homeless man, but he still wanted to live.' 'I found Jean's friend dead in the river. Our wonderful author, Kim Slater, has been awarded the Brilliant Book Award 2016 for her debut novel Smart The award, organised by the Nottinghamshire. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Federation of Children's Book Groups Prize and longlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, Kim Slater's outstanding debut, Smart, is moving and compelling novel with a loveable character at its heart.
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