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Pish Posh

Ellen Potter

2006166 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2006
first published
  • 2006Philomel Books · ENGISBN 9780399239953
  • 2006Scholastic · 166 pages · ENGISBN 9780439897860
  • 2009Penguin USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781101121283
  • 2011Penguin Young Readers Group · ENGISBN 9780142419069
  • 2006ScholasticISBN 9780330446310
  • 2007Macmillan Children's Books · 224 pagesISBN 9780330441414

Ultra-snobby Clara Frankofile has everything an eleven-year-old girl could want. She's fabulously wealthy, she lives alone in a penthouse apartment with its own roller coaster, and all of New York City is afraid of her! Each night at the Pish Posh restaurant, she watches the glittery movie actresses and princesses, and decides who is important enough to stay and who she will kick to the sidewalk in disgrace. But Clara's world is turned upside down when she discovers that a peculiar mystery is happening in the restaurant, right under her upturned nose.With the help of a whip-smart twelveyear- old jewel thief, Clara embarks on a wildly dangerous mission through the streets of New York to solve a 200-hundred-year-old secret. Crackling with humor and boundless imagination, Pish Posh is a wry commentary on our obsession with all things celebrity and our never-ending rush to grow up.

How it feels

AtmosphereWhimsicalNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

Worth knowing

Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesJustice
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