Hawkeye Hart Breaks the Trick Hart

Milo Hart is ten, sharp as a tack, and in Brookside he is known as Hawkeye Hart. In a river town full of brick buildings, busy sidewalks, two humming bridges, and problems that never stay small for long, Milo has a habit of noticing the one detail everyone else missed. A curled sticker corner, a smeared initial, a strange-sounding token, or a balloon that tore the wrong way can be all it takes to crack a case.

With his steady friend Tessa Ruiz beside him, Milo follows the clues through school halls, arcade games, playground contests, police station mix-ups, and Badgers schemes that are never quite as clever as Rex Hanlon thinks they are. Missing rewards, fake guesses, sticky blocks, swapped shifts, and suspicious snacks all become puzzles waiting to be solved.

Each case is short, clever, and fair, with answers hidden in plain sight for readers who watch closely. In Brookside, the truth is usually right there on the table, under the bench, beside the chart, or stuck to the bottom of a block. Hawkeye Hart just knows where to look.