Jamila Waheed is looking at a lonely summer after she moves into a new neighborhood until she meets Shirley Bones, and the two become unlikely friends. A boy named Oliver shows up asking for Shirley's help to find his gecko who Oliver believes was kidnapped, and Jamila discovers that Shirley is the neighborhood's kid detective. But when the case puts their friendship to the test, the girls have to put their reservations aside to track down the missing gecko.
year: 2020
call number/section: 1000, 1, 741.5
subjects: friendship, juvenile fiction, lost articles, detective and mystery stories, fiction, lost and found possessions, mystery and detective stories, cartoons and comics, detective and mystery comics, graphic novels, graphic novels
Editions
Goerz, Gillian
Dial Books for Young Readers (2020)
"When ten-year-olds Shirley and Jamila meet, Jamila is simply hoping for a friend in her new neighborhood but Shirley is a detective and together they seek a missing gecko"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 30
Goerz, Gillian
Jamila Waheed is looking at a lonely summer after she moves into a new neighborhood until she meets Shirley Bones, and the two become unlikely friends. A boy named Oliver shows up asking for Shirley's help to find his gecko who Oliver believes was kidnapped, and Jamila discovers that Shirley is the neighborhood's kid detective. But when the case puts their friendship to the test, the girls have to put their reservations aside to track down the missing gecko.
Schools: 4