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  • Published: 7 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9781760890742
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $21.00

Friday Barnes 2: Under Suspicion

The bestselling detective series




Who knew boarding school could be this perilous!

When Friday Barnes cracked the case of Highcrest Academy’s mysterious swamp-yeti, the last thing she expected was to be placed under arrest. Now with the law on her back and Ian Wainscott in her face, Friday is not so sure boarding school was the smartest choice. From a missing or not-so-missing calculator to the appearance of strange holes in the school field, she is up to her pork-pie hat in crimes – and she swears not all of them are hers. There’s also new boy Christopher, who has taken quite a shine to Friday, to contend with.

Can Friday navigate the dangerous grounds of Highcrest Academy and decipher a decades-old mystery without getting caught in an unexpected love triangle?

  • Published: 7 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9781760890742
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $21.00

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About the author

R.A. Spratt

R.A. Spratt was born in the UK and lived in Dursley, Gloucestershire – a town immortalised by Harry Potter’s deeply unpleasant relatives – until she was two years old. Then, like many ambitious English people cursed with regional accents so strong no other British person can take them seriously, her family moved to Australia.

The tedium of growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney was fertiliser to the growth of R.A.’s imagination. The only thing for a kid to do was get on a bicycle and go to the library, so R.A. Spratt did just that. Once there, she read everything, devouring the books of Arthur Ransome, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Robin Klein and Judy Blume, and audiotapes of Shakespeare productions and Sherlock Holmes dramatisations. And so, her young mind was formed, and set on the path of becoming the extraordinary author she is today.

Now based in Bowral NSW, she's the bestselling writer of dozens of absurd and witty books including Friday Barnes, The Adventures of Nanny Piggins, The Peski Kids and the Shockingly and Astonishingly Good Stories collections. Her podcast, Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt, has had over 4 million downloads and connects R.A. with story-lovers across the globe.

For more information, visit raspratt.com

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Praise for Friday Barnes 2: Under Suspicion

A worthy addition to the collection for girls on the brink of starting their own secondary school adventure.

Barbara Braxton, Read Plus

Spratt never shies away from using occasional highbrow language and concepts; instead, she flatters the reading prowess of her tween / teen audience and rewards them with intelligent character driven dialogue and seriously funny storylines.

Dimity Powell, Boomerang Books

I really enjoy Spratt’s humour, and kids will too, especially the scathing but recognizable portraits of teachers, parents and pupils at Highcrest Academy!

Susan Stephenson, The Book Chook

Awards & recognition

Sisters in Crime Davitt Award

Winner  •  2016  •  Best Children's Crime Novel

Australian Book Industry Awards

Shortlisted  •  2016  •  Book of the Year for Older Children