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Cruise Ship Kid: Thief At Sea!

Emma Swan

Age: 8+

Series: Cruise Ship Kid

Cruise Ship Kid: Thief At Sea!

Age 8+

RRP  £7.99

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"Riotous diary-format mystery." - The Guardian

Jump on board with Silver, the Cruise Ship Kid, in the hilarious new detective adventure series from debut author and West-End actress, Emma Swan.

There are 4 things you should know about me:
1. I live on a cruise ship
2. My name is Silver. Yes, really
3. I've never had a best friend my own age :(
4. I'm definitely not a detective

Somehow, though, I'm now investigating the CASE OF THE MISSING MEGA-EXPENSIVE WATCHES. But, I've got a plan. If I can solve the crime, then surely the kids on board will want to be friends with me. Right?

I've had lots of help (interference) from the Gang, but I won't tell you about them because they are all over 80 and prefer playing bingo to solving crimes.

So, do you want to be definitely-not-a-detective too and help me catch the thief at sea?

THIS BOOK IS:
- 50% crime-solving + 50% friendship = 100% FUN!
- Written in diary form
- Inspired by the author's childhood growing up on an actual cruise ship!
- Filled with doodles, activities and lots of space to scribble!
- Pamela Butchart meets Tom Gates, set at sea.

Extent:
384 pages
Dimensions:
186 x 130mm
Paperback ISBN:
9781835409954
Book Band:
Lime
Publication Date:
July 2025
Work Reference:
9965
Emma Swan

Double award-winning children's author and West End actor Emma Swan, grew up on cruise ships! Her parents worked onboard and like her protagonist, Silver, she spent a lot of her childhood being ‘ship-schooled,’ while travelling the globe.

Emma’s series‘Cruise Ship Kid’ is based on her own experiences of living onboard. As an actor, Emma works frequently with Horrible Histories in the West End and around the UK.

Winner

Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2025

Shortlisted

Reading Rocks Book Awards 2026

Riotous diary-format mystery.

The Guardian

Tom Gates meets Cluedle, the first rip-roaring entry in Swan's mystery series teams young readers up with junior sleuth Silver, who lives on a cruise ship and solves crimes at sea.

Waterstones

The children's summer book is meant "to be read with a pen or pencil," with quizzes, places to draw and puzzles - it's truly a book to be scribbled in.

The Mirror

Fabulously funny high-seas mystery adventure.

WRd About Books

A flagship of fun, steered from the heart.

Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs

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