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2004 Hackmatack
Children's Choice Book Award/Prix littéraire - le choix de jeunes
What's a Serious Detective Like Me Doing in Such a Silly Movie?
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When thirteen-year-old detective Stevie Diamond is given the opportunity to be an extra in a local film, she jumps at the chance. On set, Stevie and her detecting partner, Jesse, discover that a rash of accidents has the cast and crew believing the production is cursed. Now Stevie and Jesse have found themselves right in the middle of a mystery filled with lights, cameras — and lots of action!
Born in Winnipeg, Linda Bailey is the author of the 2003 Hackmatack-nominated non-fiction book Adventures With The Vikings. She writes two series for Kids Can Press: the Stevie Diamond books and the Good Times Travel Agency books. She lives in Vancouver.
This year, Bailey's Adventures in Ancient Greece has also been nominated for a Hackmatack Award (for English Non-Fiction).
Thematic Links
- Detective work
- Mystery books
- Movies, making movies
- Horror stories, fantasy
- Costume design
Suggested Activities
- Write a 3-minute movie script, act it and film it, using a video camera.
- Be a 'special effects' artist and make a paper mache model of one of the neems or your own creature.
- Do a TV or radio news report, or newspaper article on the crime described in the book, including who, what, why, when and where.
- Research your favourite actor and write a magazine article about him/her.
- Create a mystery which other members of your reading group have to solve.