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The goldfish boy

Emotionally crippled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew Corbin rarely leaves his room on a cul-de-sac in London, and he passes the day observing and writing down his neighbors doings from his window--but when a toddler staying next door disappears Matt is the key to solving a mys...

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Main Author: Thompson, Lisa (Lisa Anne), 1973- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, [2017]
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Missing children > Juvenile fiction.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder > Juvenile fiction.
Guilt > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors > Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
London (England) > Juvenile fiction.
Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
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Teddy stood up. He reached for more petals and then stopped. Something out of the corner of his eye had distracted him. Me. He turned and pointed a chubby arm toward my window as he gasped: ?Fishy!? I watched him bounce up and down, clearly ecstatic that he?d spotted the Goldfish Boy all on his own. He looked around for someone to tell. ?Fishy, Casey! Look! Fishy! Granda!? But nobody came. I turned away from the window and glanced at the time in the corner of the computer screen. 12:55 p.m. That time was important. I don?t know why it stuck in my mind but it did, even without writing it down. At some point after 12:55 p.m. on that bright, scorching day, Teddy Dawson went missing. Excerpted from The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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