Whiffy Newton in the Case of the Dastardly Deeds
By Rebecca Lim
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Whiffy Newton, real first name Alfred, hardly looks like a crack amateur super-sleuth.
His clothes are too short and too tight. He never gets picked first for sports. And he has poor eyesight.
But he's got his two best friends - Doreen and Paz - and together, the three friends fo
Rebecca Lim
Rebecca Lim is an award-winning writer, illustrator, and editor and the author of over twenty books, including Tiger Daughter (a Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winner), The Astrologer's Daughter (a Kirkus Best Book and CBCA Notable Book) and the bestselling Mercy.
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Whiffy Newton in the Case of the Dastardly Deeds - Rebecca Lim
Rebecca Lim
Whiffy Newton in the Case of the Dastardly Deeds
First published by Rebecca Lim in 2017
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Contents
Cover
About the Book
About the Author
Praise for Whiffy Newton
Also by Rebecca Lim
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Lamb and Chutney Sandwiches Again
The Three Amigos
The Three Thugs
A Mystery at the Tuckshop
The Agency
Laying the Groundwork
Clues Getting Stranger and Stranger
Following the Trail of Chips
Things that won’t Stack Up
More Sinister Developments
Getting to the Bottom of Things
The Awful Truth
The Pudgy Finger of Blame
The Agency Pulls Together
Trouble Comes a-Knocking
The Agency for Creative Enterprise
My Father, the Evil Genius
Collect them all!
Cover
About the Book
Whiffy Newton, real first name Alfred, hardly looks like a crack amateur super-sleuth.
His clothes are too short and too tight. He never gets picked first for sports. And he has poor eyesight.
But he's got his two best friends - Doreen and Paz - and together, the three friends form the detective outfit The Agency.
Until now, The Agency has only handled the discreet enquiries of other put upon children at Kentwood High. But The Case of the Dastardly Deeds sees them taken on their biggest, their craziest, their most dangerous, case yet.
About the Author
REBECCA LIM is a writer and illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. Rebecca is the author of seventeen books, including The Astrologer’s Daughter (a Kirkus Best Book of 2015 and Notable Book, CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers), Afterlight and the bestselling Mercy. Shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, Aurealis Award, INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award and Davitt Award for YA, Rebecca’s work has also been longlisted for the Gold Inky Award and the David Gemmell Legend Award. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Turkish, Portuguese and Polish. She is a co-founder of the Voices from the Intersection initiative.
Praise for Whiffy Newton
'A very amusing book. Whiffy Newton would give even Mma Ramotswe a run for her money!' - Alexander McCall Smith
Also by Rebecca Lim
Mercy
Exile
Muse
Fury
The Astrologer’s Daughter
Afterlight
FOR YOUNGER READERS
The Sweet Life
Cover Girl
Sista Fashionista
Star Style
Whiffy Newton in the Case of the Dastardly Deeds
Whiffy Newton in the Riddle of the Two-Tone Trousers
Whiffy Newton in the Affair of the Fiendish Phantoms
Whiffy Newton and the Mystery of the Marble Beach Mugger
Five-Minute Tales Messiest Monster Ever
Five-Minute Tales Bravest Princess Ever
Title Page
Whiffy Newton in The Case of the Dastardly Deeds
by Rebecca Lim
Copyright Notice
Published in 2017 by The High Street Publishing Company
Copyright © Rebecca Lim 2006
The moral rights of the author have been asserted.
All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.
First published in 2006 by Funtastic Limited
Written and Illustrated by Rebecca Lim
Author: Lim, Rebecca
Title: Whiffy Newton in the case of the dastardly deeds
ISBN 978-0-6480392-0-4 (ebook)
Dewey Number A823.4
1
Lamb and Chutney Sandwiches Again
Whiffy Newton, real first name Alfred, woke up groaning.
It wasn’t so much that he had Maths first period on Tuesdays. (Though the idea was enough to make eighty-seven kids groan all across town as they fell out of bed.) In fact, he quite liked Maths. The real problem was that the biggest bullies in Year 7 were in his maths class. But more about that later.
Even Whiffy’s two best friends had taken to calling him Whiffy. It had pretty much spread all over the school. He was just waiting for the day Mr Cottles, his beanbag-shaped form teacher, started calling him Whiffy as well. Then he would know that his life really was over, and that he should leave town.
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Whiffy’s father, Bruce, a single parent since the tragic early passing of his wife, could only make three dishes: spag bol, tuna mornay, and roast lamb.
Because he was anxious that his son should have all the wholesome advantages of a packed lunch like the other children at school, Bruce Newton had developed the diabolical habit of cooking up a really massive joint of roast lamb on Sunday nights. Which generally