THE despatch CHRISTMAS 2023
The Elemental Detectives
A novel by Patrice Lawrence
This novel, set in Victorian London, tells
the story of Robert Strong and
Maryseem, who are trying to figure out
why everyone other than them has
been sent to sleep by a yellow fog that
hangs around the victim's mouth. They
must find Marysee ’ s grandma who dis-
appeared at the start of the story. She
was the Keeper of the Wells and every
weekend she would descend into the
well to collect water from the mysteri-
ous Chads - water spirits that live in the
steams. As well as the Chads There are the Fumi - air spirits - and Dragons,
which are made up of lots of little creatures that either join up to form a
dragon, or remain small so that they can hide in all the corners of a dark
room or cracks of the street.
This is an exciting book with lots of twists and turns that guide you
around a dark and mysterious story and an unknown villain. Marysee must
try and work out what the sleep illness is and to combat it, and together
the children must speak to ghosts and the different spirits to find their way
to the end of this problem.
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