The Big Adventure of the Smalls

When thirteen-year-old Oz Keillor stumbles upon a dead body, his life is thrown into turmoil. His older brother is the prime suspect in the murder, and Oz learns that the crime may be tied to his father’s death years earliercould his dad have been selling nuclear secrets to rogue governments? With the fateand livelihoodof his family in balance, it’s up to Oz to try and crack the case, with the help of his best friend, Rusty. It’s a quest that has more twists and turns than the dusty roads of New Mexicoand the resolution may be closer to home than Oz ever could have imagined.

Helen Stephens is the author and illustrator of many books for babies, toddlers, and older children. Helen grew up in a small village in County Durham, England. She resided in London for fifteen years, but now lives in Northumberland with her partner, Gerry Turley, also an illustrator.