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Anisha, Accidental Detective: Holiday Adventure

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Anisha, Accidental Detective: Holiday Adventure by Serena Patel, and Emma McCann

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By Serena Patel, and and, Emma McCann

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Winner of The Week Junior Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year: Younger Fiction

The Mistrys are off on holiday, in the fifth hilarious mystery in the award-winning Anisha, Accidental Detective series!

Pack your bags – we’re off to a holiday camp!

Milo can’t wait to see the wildlife, Manny’s learning survival skills, and even Granny’s going to have a go at archery. Honestly, I just want to read my book, but there’s NEVER any time to relax for Anisha, Accidental Detective.

The holiday park’s mascot, Delilah the duck, has been DESTROYED, and my new friend Cleo is everyone’s number one suspect.

But I’m sure she’s innocent, and I’m going to do whatever it takes to prove it. Let’s hope we can find the real culprit, and QUACK the case!!

Praise for the Anisha, Accidental Detective series:

Winner of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize and of the Crimefest Best Crime Novel for Children

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year, and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award

""DELIGHTFUL! Perfect for younger detectives – so funny and clever and sweet"" Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series

""An absolute joy"" Jennifer Killick, author of Crater Lake

""Super funny and packed with lovable characters"" Swapna Haddow, author of Dave Pigeon

Reviews

27 Jan 2025

This book was great!

03 Sep 2024

My favourite character was Bindi because of the activities she wants to try.

14 Aug 2024

My favourite character was Dillon because he was a troublemaker but all he wanted to do was make a friend.I would recommend this book to someone who enjoys some adventure and trying new things but also if you like solving mysteries.

26 Jul 2024

This book was about Anisha and her friends solving the mystery of Delilah the duck they, find out it was 3 people working together to win prank fest.

21 Jul 2024

I loved this book! I liked anisha because she's really clever and smart

12 Jul 2024

I love this book because it is very interesting and funny. It is very funny because the conversation is engaging you to laugh. My favourite character is Milo because he is very funny. This book is suitable for children 6-9 years and loves detective work.

10 Jul 2024

It was a fantastic book questioning my brain, wondering who caused the chaos. Love it!

29 May 2024

I liked the part when they caught out the culprits.

27 Feb 2024

My favourite character was Mindy(a girl)
I definitely recommend this to other people out there.
This book was absoloutey lncredible.
It makes you think that your actually standing right there!

22 Feb 2024

I wish there were more Anisha adventures.

29 Jan 2024

I quite like this book because there's a mystery about who ruin the duck statue. My favourite character is Granny because she is super adventurous and funny. I would definitely recommend this.

23 Jan 2024

So funny if anyone likes comedy

This is it

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18 Jan 2024

I think this was a great book to read and I really liked how passionate Amish was to finding who did the stuff to Delia

06 Sep 2023

this is an adventure story and is very fun and engaging for young children; I also have the fright night book

05 Sep 2023

a good mystery

27 Aug 2023

I thought the book was good because of the things Anisha's family tried.

16 Aug 2023

I would definitely recommend to someone else to read this amazing book ad as it has so many stories that unfolds. Mindy is my favourite character in the story as she is funny chirpy and full of life

12 Aug 2023

I like Anisha because she always solves problems that are extremely wrong in her own life. I was so surprised that three of the workers, Rae, Bobby, and Jamil, were the culprits. But the whole point of their plan is that they have to win a prank fest. As a punishment, they have to pick up duck poo from the ducks who keeps coming into the Mistry family's lodge!

09 Aug 2023

I loved serene bestfriend

02 Aug 2023

My favourite character was Anisha not only because she was the main character but also because she solves the mystery but accidentally.
My favourite part was at the end when they made Delilah the duck look alive.

01 Aug 2023

It was very good and I enjoyed it a lot

29 Jul 2023

I loved it

15 Jul 2023

I think it was really good, and I would recommend it to any 7 - 12 year olds who like mystery books.

09 Jul 2023

This book is good

05 Jul 2023

Amazing! It's about a girl, called Anisha, and when she goes on holiday with her best friend and family, Milo, trouble is lurking around the corner! It is a fiction book.

30 Jun 2023

It was a good book about never cheating and lying

04 Sep 2022

I enjoyed reading this book while I was camping in Cornwall. I loved it because there are a lot of funny and adventurous parts and Anisha was on holiday too.

27 Aug 2022

I thought this book was brilliant.
My favourite part was when Anisha discovered who committed the crime.
My favourite character was Anisha.
I would recommend this to anyone in ks2.

26 Aug 2022

Anisha is a great detective and I like that there are lots of books in this series.

24 Aug 2022

I loved it. It was full of imagination and there was park mascot called Delilah. She was a duck. My favourite character was anisha because she was the main character, and was so clever that she figured it all out. I would recommend this book to people who like solving mysteries.

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