Dear Scarlett

by Fleur Hitchcock

Was Scarlett’s dad really a master jewel thief? Was he a spy? A cardboard box full of clues and his old lock-picking set, left for Scarlett to open on her eleventh birthday, might just provide the answers. But Scarlett’s life is rapidly becoming very complicated: if bullies at school and her horrible teacher’s rude remarks about her dad's life of crime weren’t bad enough, it soon becomes clear that there’s someone else who wants to get hold of Scarlett’s box of clues - and they will stop at nothing to get it.

This entertaining adventure story blends mystery, excitement and danger with humour and fun. Readers will enjoy observing Scarlett's developing friendship with her co-conspirator Ellie, and her changing feelings about her family, as she learns more about her father - and herself.

Publisher: Nosy Crow

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Fleur Hitchcock

Born in Chobham, by an airfield, and raised outside Winchester on the banks of the river Itchen, Fleur Hitchcock grew up as the youngest child of three. She spent her smallest years reading Tintin and Batman under her brother's bed, and searching for King Alfred's treasure in the river. She grew up a little, went away to school near Farnham, studied English in Wales, and, for the next twenty years, sold Applied Art in the city of Bath.

When her younger child was seven, she embarked on the Writing for Young People MA at Bath Spa and graduated with a distinction. Now living outside Bath, between parenting and writing, Fleur Hitchcock works with her husband, a toymaker, looks after other people's gardens and tries to grow vegetables.

Fleur Hitchcock