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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 3–6—This first book in the series is uneven and ultimately unsatisfying. Told through the perspective of a Snicket-esque third-person narrator, it begins the story of Wilma Tenderfoot, orphan and aspiring detective. When she's hired as a servant for bitter Mrs. Waldock, she gets the chance to fulfill her dreams: legendary detective Theodore P. Goodman live...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Orphan Wilma Tenderfoot moves next-door to her detective hero, Theodore P. Goodman. She wheedles her way into his good graces by helping him solve two mysteries (invo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Humor is injected into the story at every opportunity—from Wilma’s endearingly inept crime-solving skills to her dog’s penchant for eating important clues to an oddball character who wears a knitted wristwatch. Even gruesome murders are tempered by sheer absurdity. The plot moves quickly, switching between Wilma’s escapades and the various crimes occurring...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
