The Boy Sherlock Holmes
{{Short description|Novel series by Shane Peacock}}
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The Boy Sherlock Holmes series of novels, by Shane Peacock, are the childhood exploits of the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. All are published by Tundra Books simultaneously in Canada and the U.S. (and appear in other countries and languages, including China, France, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Spain).
Books in the series
- Eye of the Crow (2007)
- Death in the Air (2008)
- Vanishing Girl (2010)
- Secret Fiend (2010)
- Dragon Turn (2011)
- Becoming Holmes (2012)
Reception
Eye of the Crow was selected as a Booklist "Top Ten in Young Mysteries"{{cite web |url=http://www.tundrabooks.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887768507 |title=Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case |accessdate=2012-02-04 |publisher=Tundra Books |archive-date=2012-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316115201/http://www.tundrabooks.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887768507 |url-status=dead }} and was a winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Juvenile Crime Fiction.
School Library Journal called the series "spellbinding"{{cite web |url=http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6712719.html |title=The Game Is Afoot | accessdate=2012-02-04 |publisher=School Library Journal }} and stated that "Younger YAs will be captivated by Shane Peacock’s The Boy Sherlock Holmes, a series of novels".{{cite web |url=http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6711448.html?nid=4302&source=link&rid=5499704 |title=A Hard-Hitting Holmes | accessdate=2012-02-04 |publisher=School Library Journal }}
All have won Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection Awards.[http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/list.dT?q=the+boy+sherlock+holmes&x=0&y=0 Junior Library Guild of America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713125350/http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/list.dT?q=the+boy+sherlock+holmes&x=0&y=0 |date=2011-07-13 }} The series as a whole has garnered more than 40 awards, nominations, and honors.[http://www.shanepeacock.ca/awards.html Shane Peacock website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425083508/http://www.shanepeacock.ca/awards.html |date=2010-04-25 }}
Adaptation
In November 2022, it was announced that The Boy Sherlock Holmes series would be adapted as a co-production between Productivity Media and Wind Sun Sky Entertainment with Matt Cirulnick writing.{{cite news |first=Andreas |last=Wiseman |title=Productivity Media Teams With Former Lucasfilm Exec Catherine Winder For Film & TV Slate Including 'The Boy Sherlock'|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/productivity-media-teams-with-former-lucasfilm-exec-catherine-winder-for-film-tv-slate-including-the-boy-sherlock-1235182579/ |access-date=November 30, 2022|work=Deadline Hollywood |date=November 28, 2022}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.shanepeacock.ca/ Author's Website]
- [http://www.theboysherlockholmes.com/ Official site of The Boy Sherlock Holmes series]
- [http://www.tundrabooks.com/ Publisher's Website]
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Category:Book series introduced in 2007
Category:Young adult mystery fiction
Category:Young adult novel series
Category:Canadian young adult novels
Category:Novels set in Victorian England
Category:Sherlock Holmes novels