The Magpie Riddle: a Goldfish Boy Mystery New Award-winning author by Lisa Thompson (author) (UK edition)

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The Magpie Riddle was previously published as The Graveyard Riddle. Return to the wonderful characters of beloved, bestselling, award-winning The Goldfish Boy, one of the most talked-about debut children’s books of recent years.
Melody Bird has discovered an old abandoned house in the corner of the graveyard, and a mysterious boy hiding out there…
Hal tells her that he’s a spy-in-training, using the house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a known local criminal.
Her friends Matthew and Jake don’t believe that a teenager would be entrusted with this mission and turn the tables to spy on him, uncovering secrets and unravelling a mystery as they go.

A clever, very moving mystery for young readers to help solve

“One of our most inventive writers for children” The Times

The Goldfish Boy is a modern classic.

Product Details

Catalogue number

2579 in ROW Primary Autumn 2025

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780702344282

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

July 3rd, 2025

Other details

352 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Lisa Thompson

Lisa Thompson is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of THEGOLDFISHBOY (one of the top selling debuts of 2017), THELIGHTJAR and THEDAY I WASERASED. Her books have been shortlisted for many awards, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. She grew up in Essex and now lives in Suffolk with her family.