Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong (Book 1)

“The humour and camaraderie of the children, the robots and the lovable parents are reassuring, and makes you wish you could be part of the group in their next adventure.”
— Naomi Kojima, Japanese author and illustrator of The Alphabet Picture Book and Singing Shijimi Clams

“What’s not to love about a savvy kid with pluck, prepared to step outside humdrum routines to solve mysteries? Young readers everywhere dream of pushing limits in pursuit of adventure, and Sam is all the more appealing for his habit of running rings around grown-up buffoons. In Sherlock Sam, A.J. Low has conceived a series sure to have long-term appeal.”
— Ken Spillman, author of the Jake series

“From the first missing heirloom in Katong to this current cloaked classmate in MacRitchie, Sherlock Sam continues to captivate its readers. Definitely a middle-grade series that I would unreservedly recommend to teachers, parents, and fellow bibliogeeks. Science!”
— Myra Garces-Bacsal, PhD, National Institute of Education, Singapore

A.J. Low is a husband-and-wife writing team!

Adan Jimenez is a writer, editor, and translator. He is the proud son of Mexican immigrant parents and became an immigrant himself when he moved to Singapore from the US. He loves comics, LEGO, books, games (analog and video), science fiction, and food.

Born and raised in Singapore, Felicia Low-Jimenez has been a geek for most of her life. She studied anime and manga in school, and has written a lot of fanfiction. She was a bookseller and now works in comics publishing. She spends most of her free time reading, napping, and listening to music on a loop. If she leaves the house, it’s usually to go to a bookstore.

Sherlock Sam series has won the Singapore Book Awards for Best Young Persons Title 2021, the International Schools Libraries Network’s Red Dot Award 2013-2014, and the Popular Readers’ Choice Award numerous times. Sherlock Sam has been translated numerous times and published in North America, Indonesia, Turkey, South Korea, Myanmar, China, the Middle East, and Taiwan. Sherlock Sam: The Musical was staged in 2023 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the series.

Andrew Tan (also known as drewscape) is a freelance illustrator and an Eisner-nominated comic artist. He illustrates for print ads, magazines and also enjoys storyboarding and illustrating for picture book projects, and is always creating his own comics for fun. Andrew published his first graphic novel, Monsters, Miracles & Mayonnaise, in 2012.