Bad machinery / Allison, John

"Time is a fickle creature, especially when there's a wormhole in the science cupboard. When a strange boy who seems far too entranced by cell phones appears, it's up to Lottie, Shauna, and Mildred to figure out his strange purposes"--Back cover.

Shauna, Mildred, Charlotte, Jack, Linton, and Sonny--six preteen British school kids--investigate a mysterious new student.

The mystery solving gang of kids at Tackleford--Lottie, Shauna, Mildred, Jack, Linton, and Sonny--have their hands full when mysterious fires start breaking out in farm buildings in the country side. The gang also discover some kind of ogre man, and another mystery is Colm, an Irish lad who just showed up.

Shauna, Mildred, Charlotte, Jack, Linton, and Sonny--six preteen British school kids--take on a mystery case involving Mildred's new dog, Archibald, and a possibly magic pencil she won from a carnie con game.

A new year brings Sonny and Mildred into the realm of awkward love, as Sonny meets a girl who seems to be a magical Selkie, and Mildred falls for the bad boy she meets in Saturday detention, drawing the ire of Sasha, the boy's girlfriend.

Sonny meets a mysterious new girl who seems to have climbed out of the sea itself, while Mildred falls for the bad boy of Saturday detention. But can either of them succeed in the face of jealous exes, overprotective fathers, and the persistent tide of Destiny?.

"... A new school year brings a new classmate to Griswald's Grammar School! But he's a bit strange, and he really, really likes onions. When the whole school suddenly becomes best friends with him, Shauna seems to be the only one left out. It's up to her to peel back the mystery, one onion layer at a time ..."--Amazon.

Pre-teen detectives Shauna, Sonny, Mildred, Charlotte, Linton, and Jack are on the case when toddlers begin disappearing in the woods and there are rumors of a large beast-like creature lurking nearby.

English students Shauna, Sonny, and Mildred, who are trying to keep an old woman from losing her home, and Charlotte, Linton, and Jack, who are trying to lift a curse placed on the owner of a football stadium, find their investigations intersecting.