[JennaWren Posts: 1,754 Status: Offline WWW]

Any recommendations for PBs that have an old-school detective story twist -- I'm thinking tone/dialogue/characters that are reminiscent of detective movies, I guess.  I have TOUGH COOKIE by David Wisniewski from the library now and it's a good example of what I'm looking for:

"They call me a tough cookie.  I guess I am.

Came from a regular batch.  Lots of dough.  Lived teh high life.  Top of the Jar.  Then I hit bottom and stayed there.  It was rough.  Still is.  But you get used to it.

Life's still sweet.  Just a little stale."

Hoped you might have some suggestions!

[Tammi Posts: 1,342 Status: Offline WWW]

You might want to check out THE WEB FILES by Margie Palatini.  

[pilonsc Posts: 106 Status: Offline Dream Big! WWW]

Arthur Accused: A Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Book

This one isn’t a PB, but I remember when they aired this episode that Buster, the detective, was very reminiscent of an old-school detective. I’m hoping the book has the same tone.

[eecoburn Posts: 202 Status: Offline]

Marc Teague's Detective LaRue series is a good one to check out.

[MysteryRobin Posts: 688 Status: Offline]

What Really Happened to Humpty Dumpty is told from the perspective of his detective brother, Joe Dumpty. It's pretty funny.