Bad machinery
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Series
Bad machinery volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Six kids navigate the treacherous waters of school and adolescence while whole-heartedly diving into the whirlpool of mysteries that swirls around the peculiar English town of Tackleford. Shauna, Charlotte and Mildred just want to help the mysterious old immigrant woman keep her home. Jack, Linton and Sonny just want to find out why the owner of the local football stadium has been plagued by a curse. If only the two groups could stop fighting with...
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Series
Bad machinery volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tackleford's competing teen detectives investigate when toddlers begin disappearing as rumors that a large, beast-like creature is living in the woods abound.
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Series
Bad machinery volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"As summer draws to a close, a series of mysterious fires strike farm buildings across Tackleford, but the town's young investigators are in disarray. Lottie and Mildred are busy drawing terrible husbands for each other, Linton and Sonny have lost their lust for life ... and could all this have anything to do with Jack and Shauna staring into each other's eyes all the time? Disgraceful. There are more questions to answer, too ... who is Colm, and...
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Series
Bad machinery volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When everyone at Griswald's Grammar School suddenly becomes friends with a secretive new classmate, it is up to Shauna to peel back his mystery, one onion layer at a time.
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Series
Bad machinery volume 5
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The new year brings all the joys and near-drownings of young love in The Case of the Fire Inside, the fifth volume of the award-winning series Bad Machinery! Sonny meets a mysterious new girl who seems to have climbed out of the sea itself, while Mildred falls for the bad boy of Saturday detention. But can either of them succeed in the face of jealous exes, overprotective fathers, and the persistent tide of destiny? - Back cover.
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Series
Bad machinery volume 6
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"School is out for summer, and for the Tackleford mystery team, that means lazy days, balmy evenings, and ... creeping existential dread that threatens the whole city. With half the team gallivanting off to exotic locales (like Aunty Kath's in Margate), can Linton, Jack, and Lottie solve this season's most dire case?"--Back cover.
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Series
Bad machinery volume 7
Language
English
Description
Time is a fickle creature, especially when there's wormhole in the science cupboard. When a strange boy who seems far too entranced by cell phones appears, it's up to Lottie, Shauna, and Mildred to figure out his strange purposes.The Case of the Forked Road, the seventh book in John Allison's award-winning Bad Machinery series, finds our young sleuths facing the intricacies of time and space itself. What is their science teacher hiding? Who is the...