Bad Machinery. Volume Nine The Case of the Missing Piece

***Bad Machinery* isback with all-new drama for these British teens in the ninth volume of theaward-winning series from the creator of *Giant Days*, JohnAllison.**

Shauna Wickle knows whatshe wants: top grades for a university scholarship, excellent friends forsolving mysteries, and a lifetime subscription to Architectural Digest. But whenher older brother returns from several years spent in prison, her carefullyconstructed life begins crumbling around her ears. With her friends, classes,and family quickly slipping out of her control, Shauna will be faced with themystery of how to protect what she loves without also losing herself. The Caseof the Missing Piece, the ninth book in John Allison's award-winning BadMachinery series, finds our mystery crew caught in the merciless claws ofadolescence. Can you heal someone with friendship? Does a crush truly have tophysically crush you? And can you grow up without also growingaway?