Ayesha Dean Novelette - The High School Heist: Ayesha Dean Mysteries

By Melati Lum

Read how it all began in this sweet Ayesha Dean novelette!

 

Ayesha Dean has recently started wearing hijab and on top of that is going to a new high school. She thinks this gives her more than enough reason to lie low. But when things keep going missing from the Year Eight students' lockers, Ayesha is determined to find the culprit. Can she overcome her fears and embrace a new role as a kickass teen sleuth?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melby Rose Publishing
• Release date: Oct 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223508021

Melati Lum

Melati Lum is a lawyer with a background in criminal law, an Australian, Malay/Chinese, Muslim mum, and a writer of fiction for pre-teens. Having grown up with a love of reading books, and a love of travel, Melati wants to contribute towards diversifying the range of heroines available to young people. Melati currently lives in Adelaide, Australia with her family.

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Ayesha Dean Novelette - The High School Heist

Ayesha Dean Mysteries

Melati Lum

Published by Melby Rose Publishing, 2023.

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

AYESHA DEAN NOVELETTE - THE HIGH SCHOOL HEIST

First edition. October 14, 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Melati Lum.

ISBN: 979-8223508021

Written by Melati Lum.

Also by Melati Lum

Ayesha Dean Mysteries

Ayesha Dean The Istanbul Intrigue

Ayesha Dean - The Seville Secret

Ayesha Dean - The Lisbon Lawbreaker

Ayesha Dean Novelette - The High School Heist

Watch for more at Melati Lum’s site.

Melati Lum is a former criminal law prosecutor of major crime. With roots in Australia and Malaysia, Melati aims to help diversify the range of heroines and heroes available to readers. When she's not working on her next story, you'll find her planning her next travel adventure, reading a good book, trying to learn languages, and playing with her two fluffy, hypoallergenic cats. She lives in Adelaide, Australia with her family.

Also by Melati Lum:

Ayesha Dean – The Istanbul Intrigue

Ayesha Dean – The Seville Secret

Ayesha Dean – The Lisbon Lawbreaker

Ayesha Dean Novelette

The High School Heist

M E L A T I  L U M

Melby Rose Publishing

Ayesha Dean Novelette

The High School Heist

Published in 2022 by Melby Rose Publishing

Copyright © 2022 Melati Lum

All rights reserved.

No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the Publisher except where permitted by law.

A catalogue record of this book is available from the National Library of Australia.

Cover illustration and design by Purwanto.

Melby Rose Publishing, Adelaide, Australia.

www.melatilum.com.au

Chapter 1

No, no, nooo. Not mine too, Ayesha Dean cried as she rifled through her school locker at the back of her homeroom. Students’ belongings had been going missing from the Year Eight students’ lockers over the past few days. The teachers had warned everyone to buy padlocks since the lockers didn’t have their own built in, but nobody was doing that unless stuff had been stolen from them.

Ayesha went through her locker again. Maybe she’d missed it. She checked the spine of every book arranged neatly at the back of her locker. Geography, maths, history… not there. She swiped her arm across the top shelf where she usually stored her school bag. Not there either. This is stupid, Ayesha thought. Here she was with her expensive new textbook for Indonesian class, missing only one day after she’d brought it to school. Could someone have thought I was an easy target? she wondered. Could someone have targeted me because I’m the only hijabi in the entire school? Ayesha