Flavia de LuceÑÒpart Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony SnicketÕs A Series of Unfortunate EventsÓ (The New York Times Book Review)Ñtakes
her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of
Canadian boarding schools in the captivating new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley.
Banished! is how
twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father
and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss BodycoteÕs Female Academy, the
boarding school that her mother, Harriet, once attended across the sea
in Canada. The sun has not yet risen on FlaviaÕs first day in captivity
when a gift lands at her feet. Flavia being Flavia, a budding chemist
and sleuth, that gift is a charred and mummified body, which tumbles out
of a bedroom chimney. Now, while attending classes, making friends (and
enemies), and assessing the schoolÕs stern headmistress and faculty
(one of whom is an acquitted murderess), Flavia is on the hunt for the
victimÕs identity and time of death, as well as suspects, motives, and
means. Rumors swirl that Miss BodycoteÕs is haunted, and that several
girls have disappeared without a trace. When it comes to solving
multiple mysteries, Flavia is up to the taskÑbut her true destiny has
yet to be revealed.
Acclaim for Alan BradleyÕs
beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners of the Crime WritersÕ Association
Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys
Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis Award
ÒIf ever there were a sleuth whoÕs bold, brilliant, and, yes, adorable, itÕs Flavia de Luce.ÓÑUSA Today
ÒThis idiosyncratic young heroine continues to charm.ÓÑThe Wall Street Journal
ÒDelightful . . . a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes.ÓÑThe Boston Globe