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|title=The Mystery of Wickworth Manor

|sort=Mystery of Wickworth Manor

|borrow=Maybe

|isbn=978-1408820483

|pages=208

|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

|date=July 2012

|website=http://www.elencaldecott.com/

|video=KvuDbG2dY0M

|summary=Pleasant if uninspired tale of two children trying to find out the mystery behind a painting of a servant. It didn't grip me but the ending is cleverly plotted - you might want to give it a try.

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Paige Owens is really looking forward to going to secondary school. She's sure that a school trip to Wickworth Manor, to meet up with the other students who will be starting their new school in the autumn, will be fabulous. Newcomer Curtis Okafor is far more nervous about the visit, especially since he doesn't know anyone. When he finds a portait of a young black servant hidden away, though, and Paige finds an old letter which mentions it, the pair team up to do some detective work to try and work out why the portrait isn't on display.

For another story aimed at a similar age range about mismatched children working together, I really loved [[Billie Templar's War by Ellie Irving]].

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