SuitabookThe apple bandit
Leslie McFarlane
- Reading
- Pause when the basket disappears and invite your reader to make a prediction from the clues. Afterwards, compare their theory with Nancy’s, without needing to solve the mystery in advance.
- Themes
- Taking the prize apples: The mystery unfolds at a festival with apple-picking, a hayride, a cornstalk maze and an applesauce-eating contest. The theft functions as the mystery’s central problem; the book’s judgement of the act or its consequences is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The missing prize apples and search for the person responsible may suit a child who enjoys small-scale mysteries. The book’s treatment of the theft and any resulting upset is unclear.