Toppsta readers LOVE Planet Omar books, and its brilliant author Zanib Mian has also written Meet the Maliks, a hilarious black-and-white illustrated chapter book series about two twin detectives, for readers aged 7+.
Maysa and Musa Malik are twins but they are total opposites, which, when you're a detective duo, tends to come in quite handy. In each book, Maysa and Musa work together to get to the bottom of any mystery that comes their way. They can uncover any cookie monster and even find friends gone missing.
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All the Meet the Maliks - Twin Detectives books in order:
Book 1: The Cookie Culprit (2023)
Book 2: Race to the Rescue (2024)
Book 3: The Emerald Emergency (2024)
We love this book and we love the main characters, Maysa and Musa. We couldn't believe the fib that was told. We really like that the twins keep tryin...
Maysa and Musa are twins. They are Muslims. Maysa is always daydreaming and gets in trouble all the time. She tells this story and it is funny
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It's brilliant to see the everyday life of a normal Muslim family in a book. Maysa and Musa are twins who are very different to each other but share a...