La banda di Queen Street

by Desmond Skirrow

La scomparsa di uno scienziato atomico, autore di una scoperta sensazionale, desta inquietanti interrogativi e sospetti. Ma suo figlio, Mini Minor, non ha dubbi sull'onestà del padre e si mette alla sua ricerca con l'aiuto di un gruppo di compagni: la super-organizzata e intelligente banda di Queen Street. Tutto il coraggio e l'astuziadi cui dispongono i ragazzi non basterebbero per i difficilo ostacoli e le avventure mozzafiato, se Mini non mettesse a servizio dell'impresa il suo straordinario ingegno e talento scientifico.

Genres: Childrens

198 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Desmond Skirrow (born 1923 or 1924) was a British advertising executive and novelist.

Reviews

[Barbara Gordon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A light little mystery in the vein of The Mad Scientists Club or the Bill Bergson series. Undersized genius Mini-Minor Morris and his pals in the Queen Street Gang tackle crooks and spies with juvenile ingenuity.
When Mini-Minor's scientist father disappears, along with his newly-invented energy source, the Silver Egg, he is suspected of defecting to a foreign power. Mini-Minor knows this can't be true, and with his pals, he sets out to find and rescue his father. They meet every challenge with aplomb, sometimes with Mini-Minor's scientific know-how, sometimes with a kid's knowledge of how grown-ups think (or don't).
It doesn't have the underlying seriousness of Emil and the Detectives or of The Horse Without a Head (aka A Hundred Million Francs), and the suspense never becomes too unnerving, but it remains an enjoyable read.

[Red Heaven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although I don't remember many details of this book, I remember loving it as a child. The science-orientated mysteries are clever and interesting. Well worth searching out a copy.

[Sue]

The Case of the Silver Egg by Desmond Skirrow (1968)

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: Mini-Minor Morris and his six young friends face a tough assignment; Mini's father has vanished.