{"product_id":"9781454919957","title":"Howard Wallace, P.I. (Howard Wallace, P.I., Book 1)","description":"\u003cb\u003e“…Lyall’s debut is a winner.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “What’s with the get-up? Is that the company uniform or something?”\u003cbr\u003e “This? All P.I.s wear a trench coat.”\u003cbr\u003e “Dude, that’s a brown bathrobe.”\u003cbr\u003e I shrugged and straightened out my sleeves. “First rule of private investigation, Ivy: work with what you’ve got.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old Howard Wallace lives by his list of rules of private investigation. He knows more than anyone how to work with what he’s got: a bathrobe for a trench coat, a makeshift office behind the school equipment shed, and not much else—least of all, friends. So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, he’s ready to take it on himself . . . until the new kid, Ivy Mason, convinces him to take her on as a junior partner. As they banter through stakeouts and narrow down their list of suspects, Howard starts to wonder if having Ivy as a sidekick—and a friend—is such a bad thing after all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Book Riot middle-grade book for the summer with special recommendation for reluctant readers!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2018 Red Cedar Book Aw\u003ci\u003eard!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sterling Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125528445168,"sku":"9781454919957","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781454919957_p0.jpg?v=1769908233","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781454919957","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}