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Harper Sharp: Kid Detective:
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Expected 3 Mar 26MOVE OVER, INVESTIGATORS! HERE COMES HARPER SHARP!
Being a kid is HARD...but being a kid detective is the BEST! Join Harper, a fifth grade genius, in the start to this laugh-out-loud and action-packed middle grade graphic novel series!
Harper Sharp is like most fifth graders— he's juggling homework, friendships, video games, and...oh yeah, he's busy solving major mysteries!
When Starview Elementary announces their annual Young Inventor's Fair, everyone's minds start whirring. What will they make? A new trading card game? Collectible slugs?
Suddenly, ominous fliers appear all over school, warning kids and teachers to "BEWARE THE FAIR!" Can Harper figure out who's behind this terrifying threat and foil their nefarious plans? Or will these young inventors' sparks be extinguished forever?! Find out in the start to the next great middle grade graphic novel series sensation!
Being a kid is HARD...but being a kid detective is the BEST! Join Harper, a fifth grade genius, in the start to this laugh-out-loud and action-packed middle grade graphic novel series!
Harper Sharp is like most fifth graders— he's juggling homework, friendships, video games, and...oh yeah, he's busy solving major mysteries!
When Starview Elementary announces their annual Young Inventor's Fair, everyone's minds start whirring. What will they make? A new trading card game? Collectible slugs?
Suddenly, ominous fliers appear all over school, warning kids and teachers to "BEWARE THE FAIR!" Can Harper figure out who's behind this terrifying threat and foil their nefarious plans? Or will these young inventors' sparks be extinguished forever?! Find out in the start to the next great middle grade graphic novel series sensation!
304 pages, Library Binding
Expected publication March 3, 2026
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About the author
Jarrett Williams
98 books8 followersJarrett Williams was born and raised in New Orleans, LA where he spent way too much time in the Crescent City Comic Shop. He also played lots of Bomberman. He attended the Savannah College of Art and Design from 2002-2009 and loved every second of it.
He currently lives in Savannah, GA where he draws Super Pro. K.O.! , Lunar Boy, and all other sorts of retro-inspired comics. Favorite food: Pad thai or sushi
He currently lives in Savannah, GA where he draws Super Pro. K.O.! , Lunar Boy, and all other sorts of retro-inspired comics. Favorite food: Pad thai or sushi
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Harper is a big fan of the Detective Kim podcast and is well known for solving mysteries at Starview Elementary school for Principal Toughcook. He carries his magnifying glass everywhere he goes, and is a keen observer. His best friend, Marcos, is very invested in the Sunset Showdown video game. Loof is the school bully who has it in for Harper ever since he stole basketball cards and got in trouble when Harper found him out. There is an Inventors' Fair in the works, and Mrs. Maple leaf is very excited about it, so when someone defaces her sign with "Beware the fair", Harper is called on to find out who did it after someone also toilet papers the gym. His sister Harlow, Grandma, and parents are all super supportive, especially when Harper is threatened to let the investigation go. After intensive investigation, Harper discovers the culprit and reveals him at the Inventors' Fair.
This was a fun, brightly colored graphic novel with a LOT going on. Elementary school readers who like the graphic novel adaptations of Gibbs' Spy School or Springer's Enola Holmes series or Goerz's Shirley and Jamila books might want to pick this one up.
Harper is a big fan of the Detective Kim podcast and is well known for solving mysteries at Starview Elementary school for Principal Toughcook. He carries his magnifying glass everywhere he goes, and is a keen observer. His best friend, Marcos, is very invested in the Sunset Showdown video game. Loof is the school bully who has it in for Harper ever since he stole basketball cards and got in trouble when Harper found him out. There is an Inventors' Fair in the works, and Mrs. Maple leaf is very excited about it, so when someone defaces her sign with "Beware the fair", Harper is called on to find out who did it after someone also toilet papers the gym. His sister Harlow, Grandma, and parents are all super supportive, especially when Harper is threatened to let the investigation go. After intensive investigation, Harper discovers the culprit and reveals him at the Inventors' Fair.
This was a fun, brightly colored graphic novel with a LOT going on. Elementary school readers who like the graphic novel adaptations of Gibbs' Spy School or Springer's Enola Holmes series or Goerz's Shirley and Jamila books might want to pick this one up.
December 16, 2025
4.5 stars for this cute new kids comic! although the culprit reveal felt slightly rushed, i loved that this book balanced an investigation, family time, & getting homework done—all things kids need to juggle :-) this is going to be a great series! i look forward to having it on our shelves & seeing the finalized panels in full color!!
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