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It's Elementary - Target Exclusive Edition - by Elise Bryant (Paperback) - 1 of 1

It's Elementary - Target Exclusive Edition - by Elise Bryant (Paperback)

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A fast-paced, completely delightful new mystery about what happens when parents get a little too involved in their kids' schools, from NAACP Image Award nominee Elise Bryant.

Mavis Miller is not a PTA mom. She has enough on her plate with her feisty seven-year-old daughter, Pearl, an exhausting job at a nonprofit, and the complexities of a multigenerational household. So no one is more surprised than Mavis when she caves to Trisha Holbrook, the long-reigning, slightly terrifying PTA president, and finds herself in charge of the school's brand-new DEI committee.
As one of the few Black parents at this California elementary school, Mavis tries to convince herself this is an opportunity for real change. But things go off the rails at the very first meeting, when the new principal's plans leave Trisha absolutely furious. Later that night, when Mavis spies Trisha in yellow rubber gloves and booties, lugging cleaning supplies and giant black trash bags to her waiting minivan, it's only natural that her mind jumps to somewhere it surely wouldn't in the light of day.
Except Principal Smith fails to show up for work the next morning, and has been MIA since the meeting. Determined to get to the bottom of things, Mavis, along with the school psychologist with the great forearms (look, it's worth noting), launches an investigation that will challenge her views on parenting, friendship, and elementary school politics.
Brilliantly written, It's Elementary is a quick-witted, escapist romp that perfectly captures just how far parents will go to give their kids the very best, all wrapped in a mystery that will leave you guessing to the very end.
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Genre: Action + Thrillers
Format: Paperback
Author: Elise Bryant
Street Date: July 9, 2024
TCIN: 91227313
UPC: 9780593819586
Item Number (DPCI): 059-04-6836
Origin: Made in the USA
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6 July, 2025Verified purchase

So fun and clever.

This book was such a great read. It was so funny, suspenseful, and entertaining. Loved it.
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14 June, 2025Verified purchase

Great Read

Great read and I think I was down with this book within a week!
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31 August, 2024Verified purchase

Great mystery!

This is a fun contempary, humorous mystery set around the PTA and politics of Californian elementary school The sleuth Mavis Miller works for a non profit but gets roped into helping out One night she notices something the PTA president loading heavy trash bags in the back of her minivan amd the next morning the principle is nowhere to be found. Both Mavis and the schools psychologist decide to look. It was fun for a non cozy, but funny mystery romp with real to life issues and characters.
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