Twelve-year-old Strobe Bevan-Evans only wanted new blades and a trick to impress her snobby classmates. She never expected to chase a one-metre cheesecake--and a pair of art thieves--at ninety kilometres an hour.When Aunt Olwyn's spectacular engagement banquet ends in disaster, the social pages blame Olwyn for the vanished dessert … and four priceless paintings. To clear her aunt's name, Strobe teams up with pizza-delivery blader Winston Wong, camera-mad Alex Wong, and accounting prodigy Tran Nuen.From half-pipes and city traffic to a frantic airport showdown, the kids flip, grind and custard-chucker their way through a mystery packed with laughs, friendship and guts.Can one fearless skater and three loyal friends turn the city upside-down before the real thieves escape--cheesecake crumbs and all?
Twelve-year-old Strobe Bevan-Evans only wanted new blades and a trick to impress her snobby classmates. She never expected to chase a one-metre cheesecake--and a pair of art thieves--at ninety kilometres an hour.When Aunt Olwyn's spectacular engagement banquet ends in disaster, the social pages blame Olwyn for the vanished dessert … and four priceless paintings. To clear her aunt's name, Strobe teams up with pizza-delivery blader Winston Wong, camera-mad Alex Wong, and accounting prodigy Tran Nuen.From half-pipes and city traffic to a frantic airport showdown, the kids flip, grind and custard-chucker their way through a mystery packed with laughs, friendship and guts.Can one fearless skater and three loyal friends turn the city upside-down before the real thieves escape--cheesecake crumbs and all?
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