Pub Date: August 19, 2025
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2024946516
Lexile Code: 0530
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 09 to 12
Physical Info: 0.33" H x 7.46" L x 5.10" W ( 0.29 lbs) 120 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
Quiz #:0000555548 ( Bark Twice for Murder)
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Reading level: 3.90 |
Interest level: MG+ |
Point value: 2.0 |
Description: In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, fourteen-year-old Harry pairs up with a talking dog to solve the mystery of their friend Stanley's murder.
Brief description:
John Lekich is an award-winning journalist, essayist, film critic and author. He has written several critically acclaimed novels for young adult readers, including The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls, Murder at the Hotel Hopeless and The Losers' Club, which drew on John's personal experience with cerebral palsy and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. His YA fiction has been recognized by organizations including The Young Adult Library Services Association and The Canadian Library Association. John lives in Vancouver.
Review Quotes:
"Rollicking fun and an enticing read for middle graders with a sense of humour, whether they're traditionally enthusiastic readers or not...No reader can resist caring about Harry and Waffles."
-- "YAdudebooks"