The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes Is Missing!

by Alex Simmons and Bill McCay

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595140727
• ISBN13: 9781595140722
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Razorbill
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Mr. Holmes would definitely approve!

Young fans of historical fiction and of mysteries alike should find much to appreciate in this fast-paced, suspenseful novel. The jargon and atmospheric touches from the seedy East End of Victorian London are just right. The four resourceful young heroes (one female) are not stereotypes, but three-dimensional characters who find strength in unity. They pursue thugs from whom most of their elders would run away at the earliest opportunity. This book would make a terrific family-friendly motion picture. I'm looking forward to the sequel!

Deeply satisfying

I am a serious Sherlockian and very critical of most pastiches and parodies, so I was surprised to enjoy this book so much. The authors have managed to create a Holmes and Watson that do not insult our memories of the original tales at the same time that they evoke a realistic Victorian London. The youngsters who form the Raven League are believable kids who would be good company for a juvenile reader - if I were still teaching school, I'd be recommending this volume left and right. I hope there will be more to come.