After stumbling upon his neighbor's dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork and being blamed for the killing, fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone, an autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, decides to track down the real killer and turns to his detective hero to help him with th[...]

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ABOUT THE BOOKChristopher Boone is fifteen years old and lives with his father at 36 Randolph Street in Swinton, England. He has a brown and white pet rat named Toby. His mother died of a heart attack two years ago, though he suspects that it was probably an aneurysm or embolism. He hates the colors[...]

Jim and Charlie weren't looking for adventure, when they decided to bug the staffroom ...But then they overhear their teachers speaking in a secret language and it's too late to turn back. And now they have to explain to the police, the headmistress and their parents where they've been for a whole w[...]

A murder mystery like no other, this novel features Christopher Boone, a 15 year-old who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. When he finds a neighbour's dog murdered, he sets out on a terrifying journey destined to turn his whole world upside down.[...]

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Moren til Jim er blitt karrierekvinne, og søsteren hans har funnet seg en morderisk mc-kjæreste. Livet blir ikke enklere da Jim og bestevennen Charlie avlytter lærerværelset og hører to lærere snakke sammen på et ukjent språk. For hva betyr "spudvetch", og hvorfor blinker øynene til Mr. Kid[...]

Christopher er femten år gammel og har Aspergers syndrom. Han kan veldig mye om matematikk og veldig lite om mennesker. Han elsker systemer, mønstre og sannheten. Han hater å bli berørt, og han hater fargene gul og brun. Han har aldri gått alene lenger enn til enden av sin egen vei, men da han [...]

Den mystiske sag om hunden i natten er en usædvanlig mordgåde. Detektiv og fortæller er den 15-årige Christopher Boone, der bor alene med sin far og lider af Aspergers syndrom, en form for autisme. Han forstår ikke metaforer, ironi og ansigtsudtryk og hader berøringer og farverne b[...]

Vad är det för fel på Jims lärare egentligen? De beter sig nästan som om de vore från yttre rymden ?

Jim är rätt säker på att han hamnat i en nästan olöslig knipa. Hans illaluktande storasyster Becky säger att hon har hört hur hans lärare diskuterat att de ska sparka ut Ji[...]

Kertomus miehestä, joka koettaa menettää järkensä kohteliaasti - brittiläistä sitcomia parhaimmillaan.Eläkkeelle jäänyt George Hall ei ymmärrä nykyajan pakkomiellettä, että kaikki asiat on puhuttava halki. Niinpä löytäessään lonkastaan ihovaurion hän pitää asian omana tietonaan[...]