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y separately published work icon Tan Callahan's Secret Spy Files : The Mystery of the Purple Haunt single work   children's fiction   children's   detective   mystery  
Alternative title: Truly Tan; Truly Tan 1
Is part of Truly Tan Jen Storer , 2008 series - author children's fiction (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Tan Callahan's Secret Spy Files : The Mystery of the Purple Haunt
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Tan Callahan and her family are moving to the country where there is a new school to fit into, new friends to be made and a number of mysteries to be solved. The text includes drawings, decorations, notes and Tan's diary entries.

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2008 .
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      Extent: 211p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      •  01 Dec 2008

         

      ISBN: 9780143303305
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2012 .
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      Alternative title: Truly Tan
      Extent: 2010p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 9780733331213 (pbk.)

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[Review] The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Chloe Mauger , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 28 no. 1 2013; (p. 40)

— Review of Tan Callahan's Secret Spy Files : The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Jen Storer , 2008 single work children's fiction
She Spies a Comeback Karen Hardy , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 January 2013; (p. 14)
[Review] The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Sally Murphy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Tan Callahan's Secret Spy Files : The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Jen Storer , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Sharon Greenaway , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 37)

— Review of Tan Callahan's Secret Spy Files : The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Jen Storer , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Sharon Greenaway , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 37)

— Review of Tan Callahan's Secret Spy Files : The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Jen Storer , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Sally Murphy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Tan Callahan's Secret Spy Files : The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Jen Storer , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Chloe Mauger , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 28 no. 1 2013; (p. 40)

— Review of Tan Callahan's Secret Spy Files : The Mystery of the Purple Haunt Jen Storer , 2008 single work children's fiction
She Spies a Comeback Karen Hardy , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 January 2013; (p. 14)
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