Finally, hurray for local authors! I did not realize until reading the acknowledgements that Bunce wrote this book just across the state line from me in Johnson County. I would recommend it for confident readers 11 & up. The book itself is on the long side for middle grade. Myrtle is even able to win over a neighborhood mean girl. It is a wonderful thing when a child is encouraged to pursue their unique gifts and not expected to conform. 3) The collaboration between Myrtle and the adults in her life - especially her governess. Hardcastle at the beginning of each chapter.
What I loved about this book: 1) Peony, the cat, assistant to Myrtle 2) The excerpts from 'Principles of Detection' by H.M. Myrtle wants to be an investigator - combining the gifts of both her parents into her future profession. Her late mother was a medical student and her father is a prosecutor. An accomplished needlewoman and historical costumer, Elizabeth lives in the Midwest with her husband, her cats, and a boggart who steals books.ĭid you love Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew like I did? Then you will want to share this new Victorian-era sleuth with the kids in your life.
Her novels have been named to the ALA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list, and she is a four-time Kansas Notable Book winner.
Premeditated Myrtle was named both a Best Children's/YAA BookPage Best Book and to A Mighty Girl's Books of the Year. StarCrossed and A Curse Dark as Gold have appeared on Oprah's Kids Reading List. Her high fantasy Thief Errant series includes the novels StarCrossed, A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best book, and Liar's Moon, one of Kirkus Blog's Favorite YA Novels of 2011.
Morris Award for a young adult debut novel and was named a Smithsonian Notable Book and an Amelia Bloomer Project selection. The series' fourth book, In Myrtle Peril, has garnered Elizabeth's third Anthony Award nomination and third Agatha Award nomination, and in 2023 look for the fifth book in the series, Myrtle, Means, & Opportunity! Her first novel, A Curse Dark as Gold, won the inaugural William C. Her series continues in How to Get Away with Myrtle (a #1 Amazon New Release) and Cold-Blooded Myrtle, also an Edgar Award finalist, an Agatha Award finalist, and Anthony Award finalist, as well as a Kirkus Top 10 Best Book of the Year, Indie Next Pick, a Silver Falchion Award finalist, and Wall Street Journal holiday guide pick. Bunce is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery series, beginning with Premeditated Myrtle, an Edgar Allan Poe "Edgar" Award Winner, a Society of Midland Authors Honoree, a Library of Congress 2021 Book Festival Selection, Amazon Top 20 Children's Book of the Year, Indie Next Pick, and finalist for both the Agatha Award and Anthony Award.
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