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Description
Living with his mother in a Berlin apartment house, Rico, a young boy with ADHD, enjoys playing detective games but when his friend Oskar suddenly disappears, possibly taken by a serial kidnapper, Rico determines to use his skills to find his friend.
Publication
Chicken House Ltd (2010), 208 pages
Awards
Parents' Choice Book Award (2011)
IBBY Honour Book (Writing — 2010)
The White Ravens (2009)
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Winner — 2009)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2012)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
208 p.; 5.12 inches
ISBN
1906427275 / 9781906427276