#tbt: The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

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The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd. 336 p. David Fickling Books/ Random House Children's Books, 2008. 9780375849763. (Own.)

#tbt features The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd. The London Eye Mystery was Dowd's second book. It was published in England in 2007 and hit shelves in the U.S. in 2008. It is the story of how Ted, who has Asperger's and his sister, Kat solve the mystery of their missing cousin, Salim. Salim rode the London Eye up but never came back down. He seemed to disappear into thin air. The London Eye Mystery was long-listed for the Carnegie Medal. Dowd, unfortunately died in 2007; but three of her books were published posthumously. Bog Child won both the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. In 2011, Patrick Ness completed A Monster Calls based on Dowd's notes.