Claudeline Feng LeBernardin learns what it really means to be bad in this âsharp, fun, and optimisticâ (Kirkus Reviews) Edgar Awardânominated mystery reminiscent of Harriet the Spy.
Claudeline Feng LeBernardin is very good at being bad. Her Grandpa Si was a real-life gangster, and Claude always thought sheâd take over the family business when he was gone. Instead, Claudeâs dad is in chargeâand sheâs sure heâs running things into the ground. She wants to step in, but her parents are keeping secrets and her partner in crime, Fingerless Brett, is suddenly on the straight and narrow.
Then, when a very strange character by the name of Alma Lingonberry shows up in the neighborhood, Claude gets closer to the crime life than ever. Before long, sheâs swept up in a maddening mystery thatâs got her wondering: What does it really mean to be bad?