Four and a half friends and the Santa Claus gang

Author: Joachim Friedrich
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: In order to earn money to repair damaged computers, four and a half friends apply for jobs at a department store. Kale discovers that someone is stealing company property. He is very eager to help the mall security solve the case, but the security officers don’t take him seriously and even accuse him of theft. Through further tracking and investigation, the four and a half friends uncover a gang’s hideout. A gang dressed as Santa Claus, engaged in heavy criminal activity, is finally exposed in front of the little detectives. This book won the German Children’s Theatre Special Award in 1992 and the Australian Department of Education and Arts Children’s Book and Young Adult Literature Award in 1993.