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The Underdogs #3
The Underdogs: Hit a Grand Slam
The Underdog Detective Agency has a proud tradition of sniffing out trouble (and sniffing each other’s butts).
Detective Barkley (a dog) and Detective Fang (a cat) are cleaning up the mean streets of Dogtown one crime at a time!
In The Underdogs Hit a Grand Slam, Barkley and Fang take centre court to find out who’s stealing all the tennis balls in the lead-up to the Dogtown Tennis Grand Slam. Could it be Boris Barker, the famed international tennis pro? Or what about Steffi Gruff? Or Novak Dogavic? Fang and Barkley jump on the case like a dog with a ball, but can they save the day and serve up the criminal mastermind in time? Or will it be game, set, match?
Detective Barkley (a dog) and Detective Fang (a cat) are cleaning up the mean streets of Dogtown one crime at a time!
In The Underdogs Hit a Grand Slam, Barkley and Fang take centre court to find out who’s stealing all the tennis balls in the lead-up to the Dogtown Tennis Grand Slam. Could it be Boris Barker, the famed international tennis pro? Or what about Steffi Gruff? Or Novak Dogavic? Fang and Barkley jump on the case like a dog with a ball, but can they save the day and serve up the criminal mastermind in time? Or will it be game, set, match?
- GenresFiction
176 pages, Paperback
First published February 2, 2022
3 people are currently reading
17 people want to read
About the author
Kate Temple
36 books24 followersHello to you! We are Kate and Jol Temple and we write silly books for kids! Some of them love to rhyme and others do not at all but all of them have pictures, because pictures are cool and anyone who says they're not is a two headed yeti. We live in Sydney with our human sons and a dog that thinks it's a raccoon.
We love to visit schools. We talk about and read picture books to little kids preschool through to junior primary. We also love to talk to bigger kids about our chapter books and what it's like being a writer. For more info about our school visits contact us and we'll be in touch.
We love to visit schools. We talk about and read picture books to little kids preschool through to junior primary. We also love to talk to bigger kids about our chapter books and what it's like being a writer. For more info about our school visits contact us and we'll be in touch.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
February 24, 2025
Not a great mystery.
March 26, 2022
A fun Australian series for lower primary students. Super silly adventures with this dog run detective agency. Well spaced text with bold words and appealing visuals. Lots of fun puns to keep older readers entertained as well.
September 8, 2022
Another laugh out loud romp on the mean streets of Dogtown, this time as the Dogtown Tennis Grand Slam comes to town. Loving all the puns - Ash Barky, Bjorn Dawg etc. A great alternative to Dogman ow Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
February 9, 2022
Just in time for the Australian Open - more funny adventures of the gang at Underdogs Detective Agency
February 21, 2024
Really like this series. Mr 8 enjoyed this one
June 11, 2023
The under dogs are looking for a missing hedgehog and missing tennis balls.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews