Age Group: 9 - 12 Years, 12+ Years

Description:

On her fourteenth birthday, Enola Holmes wakes to find that her mother has vanished without a trace. When her famous older brothers — Sherlock and Mycroft — arrive and promptly decide that the best solution for a girl is boarding school, Enola has other plans entirely. Disguising herself and slipping away into the smog and shadows of Victorian London, she sets out to find her mother — only to stumble straight into another mystery: the kidnapping of the young Marquess of Basilwether. Suddenly she is dodging murderous villains, decoding hidden clues, rescuing the spoiled young marquess, and outwitting her brilliant but infuriatingly dismissive brothers, all at once. Witty, fast-paced, and richly atmospheric, this Edgar Award-nominated first instalment of Nancy Springer's beloved series introduces one of the most fiercely independent and resourceful young heroines in middle-grade fiction — a girl determined to define herself entirely on her own terms.