Synopses & Reviews
Thirteen-year-old October Schwartz is new in town; short on friends and the child of a clinically depressed science teacher, she spends her free time in the Sticksville Cemetery and it isnt long before she befriends the ghosts of five dead teenagers, each from a different era of the past. Using Octobers smarts and the ghosts abilities to walk through walls and roam around undetected, they form the Dead Kid Detective Agency, a group committed to solving Sticksvilles most mysterious mysteries. So when the high schools beloved French teacher dies in a suspicious car accident, it provides the agency with its first bona fide case, putting them in the midst of a murder plot thick with car chases, cafeteria fights, and sociopathic math teachers, and sending them on an adventure that might just uncover the truth about a bomb that exploded 40 years ago.
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"An engaging tale with a resilient heroine, a dead but lively supporting cast and enough wit to grease the wheels." Kirkus Book Reviews (September 2011)
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"Munday's new series is a welcome black sheep to this literary family, touching on various historical periods with tongue placed firmly in cheek. Fun, fresh and punchy, The Dead Kid Detective Agency adds life and a good dose of humour to Canadian history." www.VikkiVanSickle.wordpress.com (September 9, 2011)
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"Evan Munday . . . proves to be the funniest thing to hit Canadian YA since Susan Juby. . . . Munday is one to watch, as this first novel in a planned series proves in spades." Quill & Quire (October 2011)
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"This book is historical fiction with a twist of mystery. . . . A fun read for ages nine to 12." —Calgary Herald (October 2, 2011)
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"Let's hope this book is the start of a series, because it's a good one. . . . This book will appeal to the same audience as the Lemony Snicket series of Unfortunate Events books, that is, bright kids and adults who have a darker sense of humour." —Waterloo Region Record (October 1, 2011)
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"The 'dead kids' are well drawn and entertaining. Full marks for innovation." —Winnipeg Free Press (October 15, 2011)
Synopsis
Thirteen-year-old October Schwartz is new in town, short on friends, and the child of a clinically depressed science teacher. Naturally, she spends most of her time in the Sticksville Cemetery, which just happens to border her backyard. And that backyard just happens to be the home of five dead teenagers, each from a different era of the past: there's the dead United Empire Loyalist The dead escaped slave who made her way north via the Underground Railroad The dead quintuplet Soon, October befriends the five dead kids. Together -- using October's smarts and the dead kids' abilities to walk through walls and get around undetected and stuff -- they form The Dead Kid Detective Agency, committed to solving Sticksville's most mysterious mysteries. October's like Nancy Drew, if she'd hung out with corpses.When Sticksville Central High School's beloved French teacher dies in a suspicious car accident, it provides the agency with its first bona fide case. Soon October and her five dead friends find themselves in the midst of a nefarious murder plot, thick with car chases, cafeteria fights, sociopathic math teachers, real estate appointments, and a wacky adventure that might uncover the truth about a bomb that exploded almost 40 years ago.
Synopsis
Thirteen-year-old October Schwartz is new in town; she spends her free time in the Sticksville Cemetery and it isn't long before she befriends the ghosts of five dead teenagers, each from a different era of the past. They form the Dead Kid Detective Agency, a group committed to solving Sticksville's most mysterious mysteries.
About the Author
Evan Munday is the publicist at Coach House Books. He is the illustrator of the novel Stripmalling, and the author and illustrator of the graphic novel series Quarter-Life Crisis. He lives in Toronto.