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Ali Cross

Emma — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

School, mysteries, crime-solving – just an ordinary day for Ali Cross!

Ali has helped to solve two big cases and he knows he has what it takes to follow in the footsteps of his famous father, Alex Cross.

Eager to keep solving crimes, Ali and his friends hack into police calls and secretly check out crime scenes to crack the cases themselves.

But when Ali witnesses something terrible, he must grapple with some tough questions about what it means to be a detective, and a detective’s son.

Will Ali be the one in danger this time?
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Praise for the Ali Cross series

‘This one will fly off the shelves’ Booklist
‘A fresh look at the world of James Patterson’s most famous protagonist’ School Library Journal
‘The prolific king of the beach read is back with an intergenrational mystery for the 9-to-12-year-old set’ Kirkus

The Elephant Girl

Emma — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Jama is a clever and sensitive young Maasai girl who likes elephants better than people.

She decides to escape the classroom gossip about the new boy, Leku, by going to the watering hole outside her village. There, she befriends a baby elephant that she names Mbegu.

When Mbegu’s mother, frightened by poachers, stampedes, Jama and Mbegu are blamed for two deaths – one elephant and one human. Now Leku, whose mysterious and imposing father is the head ranger at the conservancy, may be their only lifeline.

A beautiful, heart-pounding story of a girl, an elephant, and their life-changing friendship.

Like Father, Like Son

Emma — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Ali Cross just solved his first real case. Alex Cross knows it's only a matter of time before his son finds his way into more trouble. Neither of them expected Ali to get caught up in another case so quickly. Ali and his friends were just hanging out in Anacostia Park - then they became witnesses to a crime. Alex wants Ali to stay far away from the investigation. But Ali isn't going anywhere, not when his new friend Zoe is in trouble. It's up to Ali to figure out why she's lying to the police - and who she's protecting. This is Ali's toughest case yet. As long as he trusts his Cross instincts, he may just have a shot at solving it.