Friday Barnes: Big Trouble

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### **PLOT:**

When Friday’s father turns up out of the blue, he brings his daughter some distressing news – Friday’s mother has been kidnapped! But who would want to kidnap a theoretical physicist? The Headmaster needs Friday’s help too, when Highcrest Academy is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a beautiful new student – Princess Ingrid of Norway. She’s rich, she’s royal and she’s got her eye on Ian Wainscott. Despite heightened security at the school, things start to go missing. It appears Highcrest Academy has been infiltrated by a master thief, The Pimpernel.

Can Friday crack the case of her missing mother, reign in a royal brat and unmask the elusive Pimpernel? If it means she gets to ditch PE, then of course she can!

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*"What about Ian Wainscott?" asked Friday.*

*"Your boyfriend?" asked the Headmaster.*

*"He's not my boyfriend," protested Friday.*

*"It's all right," said the Headmaster. "It's not against the school rules. You're allowed to have a boyfriend."*

*"But I don't," said Friday.*

*"Well, you're always together," said the Headmaster. "If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck -"*

*"It's a duck, not a boyfriend," interrupted Friday.*

- Chapter 5: The Headmaster's Troubles

"*I'll check your shirt out later," said Friday.*

*"I'm sure you will," said Melanie mischieviously.*

*"But now, let's go investigate the scebe of the crime," said Friday.*

*"I don't think you can call kissing a crime," said Melanie.*

*"The photograph," said Friday, "Taking the photograph is the crime."*

*"Oh, right," said Melanie, " You're still pretending to be focused on that."*

- Chapter 12: A Picture Tells a Thousand Words

*"Friday, you'd better come quickly!" he said.*

*"Wainscott! How dare you interrupt my class," said Mr Conti, "You'd better have a good reason."*

*"Sorry, sir," said Ian. "It's just that Friday's father is being arrested, and I thought she'd want to know."*

- Chapter 21: The Framing of Dr Barnes

F*riday rubbed her eyes. "My father is going to jail. I just know it. And the worst part is, I'm going to have to explaub this to my mother."*

*"You!" snapped Mrs Wainscott, at a constable behind the desk. "I'm Dr Barnes's legal representative. Show me to him immediately. You better ave not have been asking him questions before I got here or I'll file a complaint against you for harassment."*

*"Wow," said Melanie, "Impressive. She must have been a really good acrobat."*

*"What makes you say that?" asked Friday.*

*"If she gave up law to become an acrobat," said Melanie, "she must be even better at twisting herself into a human pretzel than she is at haranguing police officers."*

- Chapter 22: Springing Dr Barnes

*"Oh my gosh," said Friday. "I hope Ian's going to be okay. That's an awfully big horse."*

*"Did you hear that ladies and gentlemen?" said Parker into the microphone. "Ian Wainscott's girlfriend is seriously concerned for his safety."*

- Chapter 24: The Match

*"No one holds a student back for that long," said Friday.*

*"Thank goodness," said Binky, "Otherwise I'd be here in my fifties."*

- Chapter 24: The Match