Parent Problem Solver
Dewey opens the office and begins taking cases from kids who need help with their parents.
READ ABOUT BOOK 1 →READER GUIDE • AGES 9–12
Middle grade books for ages 9–12 that take kids seriously.
Dewey Fairchild is built around a premise that works especially well for upper-elementary and early-middle-school readers: kids notice problems adults overlook, and they can be resourceful enough to do something about them.
What readers get.
The three books follow Dewey from fifth grade into middle school as his secret problem-solving operation expands from parents to teachers and siblings. The stories mix humor with planning, observation, friendship, family dynamics, school life, research, and the consequences of schemes that do not always go exactly as expected.
Three books, three kinds of trouble.
Teacher Problem Solver
Middle school creates a new supply of teacher and school-policy cases.
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Sibling Problem Solver
Dewey investigates sibling fights involving attention, privacy, teasing, technology, family rules, and the needs underneath the argument.
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