{"product_id":"the-swifts-mystery-mischief-murder","title":"The Swifts: Mystery, Mischief, Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Swifts: Mystery, Mischief, Murder:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Swifts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis author Beth Lincoln’s first book and is the tale of Shenanigan Swift of the Swift family. They are a family who name their children in a  most unique way! Each Swift is brought before the Family Dictionary on the day they are born and given a name and a definition. They then grow up and match their name. So, you can guess the sort of character Shenanigan is? The story sees Shenanigan and her sisters and cousin trying to (begrudgingly) solve a murder mystery. This book is a real page turner as the action moves from one setting to another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe illustrations by Claire Powell really bring the story to life. The black and white illustrations help to build a visual image in your mind of the characters and setting. The hard-back edition also has a fold out map of the house in the back cover which allows you to picture where the story is taking place. My favourite section is where the Swifts play Scrabble, but not just any old Scrabble. The Swifts version is played on a board as large as a tennis court and any words in any language are permitted. Children will have great fun sounding out the real and nonsense words in this section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a lot of word play in this text such as anagrams, code breaking, poems and dictionary definitions. That makes The Swifts a fabulous resource for teachers to use in the upper KS2 classroom. This would be perfect to enjoy as a shared read or as a solo read for independent readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a great debut novel from Beth Lincoln and I look forward to reading the next one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookJoy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44560632774710,"sku":null,"price":1.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/2233\/8870\/files\/download_7.jpg?v=1765619844","url":"https:\/\/bookjoy.in\/products\/the-swifts-mystery-mischief-murder","provider":"BookJoy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}