The Peacock Detectives

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• Shortlisted for the 2017 Text Prize, The Peacock Detectives is a delightfully Australian story about self-discovery and dealing with change for upper middle-graders • Growing up in a small town, Cassie is writing a book about the disappearance of two peacocks named William Shakespeare and Virginia from the holiday park across the road from her house. But the clues lead her instead to a confusing mystery about her own family • A funny and engaging read that lightly touches on family complexity and learning to understand the adult world • For fans of Rebecca Stead, Meg Rosoff's Picture Me Gone and Nova Weetman's The Secrets We Keep • Carly Nugent is a writer and teacher, and the book's setting is based on her home town of Bright, in Victoria.