Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Detective's Assistant
Kate Hannigan · 2015
🎙 Narrated by Christine Lakin
81/100
👍 Worth It
This is the real deal - a smart, historically grounded mystery built around an actual trailblazing detective, and the award shelf (Booklist, Golden Kite, Amelia Bloomer) backs that up. No red flags in the content, and while I don't have direct praise for Christine Lakin's narration, her acting background is a good sign. Solidly worth it for the 8-12 crowd.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: unknown Christine Lakin (known for 'Step by Step') narrates; her acting background is a positive sign, but no direct review of her narration was surfaced.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing85
Originality80
Evidence & accuracy78
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit80
Human-eye read82
Penny’s verdict81
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