Title: The mum detective
Description: Esmie is excited about her dad's new girlfriend, Lizzie, who is so nice Esmie sometimes forgets about her real mother, who died when she was a baby. But then Lizzie starts behaving strangely, and Esmie wonders if she could be about to lose her second mum, before she's even got to know her. First person recount. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Subjects: Motherless families, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction, Mothers, Humorous stories, Children's fiction, Detectives, fiction, Siblings, fiction, Missing persons, fiction