And when there are dangerous secrets everywhere, not just outside, but under your own roof. When you're amazing at drawing but terrible at fitting in. It's a good job Kieran's a master of observation, and knows all the detective tricks of the trade.īut being a detective is difficult when you're Kieran Woods. And to his grandma, who just stopped coming round one day. He's going to find out what really happened. He's made a promise, and when you say something out loud, that means you're going to do it, for real. 'I found Jean's friend dead in the river. It was only a homeless old man after all. Smart Smart Kim Slater 10-12 years Synopsis Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Federation of Children's Book Groups Prize and longlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, Kim Slater's outstanding debut, Smart, is moving and compelling novel with a loveable character at its heart. Her second and third novels, A Seven-Letter Word and ‘928. There's been a murder, but the police don't care. Kim Slater is a multi-award winning Nottingham author whose debut YA novel ‘Smart’ has been nominated for twenty-four book awards, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 15, the Carnegie Medal 15 and the Children’s Book Award 16. He was a homeless man, but he still wanted to live.' Is he really trying to help, or cover up his own involvement in the crime?ĩ28 Miles from Home is a powerful new story from the multi-award-winning author of Smart and A Seven-Letter Word, Kim Slater.Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Federation of Children's Book Groups Prize and longlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, Kim Slater's outstanding debut, Smart, is moving and compelling novel with a loveable character at its heart. Buy NovelBRAN-NEW + Murder Mystery-Detective Story Fiction For Young ReaderKim Slater - SMART : A Mysterious Crime, a Different Detective in Subang. But Calum can't help feeling like Sergei's hiding something. Trapped at home, Calum and Sergei slowly start to understand each other, and even work together to investigate a series of break-ins at the local community centre.

He's actually sharing a room with 'the enemy'! How's he going to explain that to his mates? Yet when Calum is knocked down in a hit and run and breaks both legs, everything changes. For now though, he's stuck coping alone while his dad works away, writing scripts in his head and trying to stay 'in' with his gang of mates at school, who don't like new kids, especially foreign ones.īut when his father invites his new Polish girlfriend and her son, Sergei, to move in, Calum's life is turned upside down.

One day, he'll escape this boring life and write movies, proper ones, with massive budgets and A-list stars. Fourteen year old Calum Brooks has big dreams.

Smart by Kim Slater