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Is part of The Peski Kids R. A. Spratt , 2018 series - author children's fiction (number 1 in series)
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'Three squabbling siblings. One all too perfect next-door neighbour. A missing mum, a bumbling dad, a kooky cockroach mystery and an eccentric country town. What could possibly go wrong?

'Life is hard enough without having to spend time with your siblings. But there is no other way for Joe, Fin and April Peski to solve the mystery of the cockroach catastrophes that is rocking their new home town of Currawong.

'Along with Loretta, their stunningly beautiful yet sociopathic next-door neighbour, and Pumpkin, the world’s worst trained dog, they set out to catch the culprit. Together they are The Peski Kids. '  (Publication summary)
 

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2018 .
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      Extent: 288p.
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      • Published: 30th July 2018
         

      ISBN: 9780143788812
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Cover Book Review : The Peski Kids Book 1 : The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach Russ Merrin , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 33 no. 3 2018; (p. 12)
— Review of The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach R. A. Spratt , 2018 single work children's fiction Many will welcome the arrival of a new R.A. Spratt novel with a small frisson of expectant excitement, but the publication of the first book in a new series by R.A. Spratt will no doubt pique the average reader's curiosity: Will the new series have cleverly self-contained, but determined characters like the schoolgirl detective, Friday Barnes? Will it include as much anarchic chaos as that created by the delightfully deluded, hyper-confident Nanny Piggins? (Introduction)
Cover Book Review : The Peski Kids Book 1 : The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach Russ Merrin , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 33 no. 3 2018; (p. 12)
— Review of The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach R. A. Spratt , 2018 single work children's fiction Many will welcome the arrival of a new R.A. Spratt novel with a small frisson of expectant excitement, but the publication of the first book in a new series by R.A. Spratt will no doubt pique the average reader's curiosity: Will the new series have cleverly self-contained, but determined characters like the schoolgirl detective, Friday Barnes? Will it include as much anarchic chaos as that created by the delightfully deluded, hyper-confident Nanny Piggins? (Introduction)
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