Shane Peacock

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Shane Peacock is an award-winning novelist, playwright, journalist and television screenwriter. His bestselling series for young adults, The Boy Sherlock Holmes, has been published in ten countries in twelve languages and has found its way onto more than forty shortlists. He enjoys reading, spending time with his kids, playing and coaching hockey, and visiting schools, conferences and festivals across North America to speak about reading and writing. Shane lives in the countryside north of Cobourg, Ontario. For more information, visit www.shanepeacock.ca.

Books

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Seven (the series)

When David McLean, well-loved grandfather and avid adventurer, dies, he leaves behind an unusual will that outlines sevens tasks he has set for his seven grandsons.

Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock bring their signature writing styles to a series of adventures that take readers from the top of Kilimanjaro to the bottom of the Mediterranean.

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Grandson: Adam (age 16)—the lone American grandson.

Adam’s a little bit obnoxious and a whole lot taken aback when his grandfather's task sends him to France, where they speak -you know - French and eat weird food. Nevertheless, guided by a series of letters from David, Adam sets out to do three things: find a Van Gogh painting, dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean, and then get into the Chauvet Caves. As Adam confronts his own ignorance (and his grandfather's failings), he comes to realize that there's more to life than hot girls and Big Macs.

Orca Book Publishers - $9.95 - Young Adult fiction

Becoming Holmes

The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final Case

In the sixth and final novel in the groundbreaking Boy Sherlock Holmes series, our hero discovers that his rival, the criminal Malefactor, has used nefarious means to place one of his two henchmen in a powerful position in the government treasury offices. But the henchman crosses his superior and is brutally murdered and thrown into the River Thames. Sherlock seeks to implicate Malefactor in the henchman’s death, believing that he can, once and for all, bring down his rival. But is the murderer whom Sherlock suspects? Or is some darker, even more powerful force moving about London? Some will be exposed, some will live, and others will die in this surprising and shocking conclusion to the award-winning, internationally successful series.

Tundra Books - $21.99 - Juvenile Fiction