‚Ä¢ Shortlisted for the 2017 Text Prize, The Peacock Detectives is a delightfully Australian story about self-discovery and dealing with change for upper middle-graders ‚Ä¢ Growing up in a small town, Cassie is writing a book about the disappearance of two peacocks named William Shakespeare and Virginia from the holiday park across the road from her house. But the clues lead her instead to a confusing mystery about her own family ‚Ä¢ A funny and engaging read that lightly touches on family complexity and learning to understand the adult world ‚Ä¢ For fans of Rebecca Stead, Meg Rosoff’s Picture Me Gone and Nova Weetman’s The Secrets We Keep ‚Ä¢ Carly Nugent is a writer and teacher, and the book’s setting is based on her home town of Bright, in Victoria.