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HARRIET BEAN by Alexander McCall Smith
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Fast Facts
- Harriet Bean is a courageous girl, but she fears two things: riding a big racehorse and snakes.
- Harriet's Aunt Harmonica is in big demand as an understudy because of her combined talents as singer and voice thrower. The original singer can go on stage and pretend to sing, while Harmonica throws her voice from the wings.
- To reward the student who helped Harriet and Aunt Veronica find Aunt Majolica, Aunt Veronica teaches her how to crack walnuts with her bare hands.
- When Harriet first meets her mind-reading Aunt Thessalonika, she is very concerned that Thessalonika will be able to find out every single less-than-polite thought Harriet has.
- Harriet is amazed when she finally meets her Aunt Japonica, who is disguised as a tall man with a large mustache, gray hair and glasses.
- The detective aunts, Thessalonika and Japonica, own a magnifying glass that can see fingerprints anywhere. Another magnifying glass translates any language into English.
- When Aunt Veronica needs fuel for her strong woman skills, she eats chocolate bars.
- One of Harriet's father's unsuccessful inventions is an automatic book that turns pages for the reader. The only problem is that people read at different speeds.
- When Aunt Veronica was a girl, she won a strong man competition at an agricultural show by lifting an enormous pig named Norman.
- When Harriet disguises herself as a jockey to go undercover, she calls herself "Harry."
- Harriet's first meal in America consists of a hamburger, banana ice cream and popcorn.
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