Mystery Book Reviews
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Case Closed?! : Forty Mini Series for You To Solve
Jurg Obrist (2003), 96 pages
Audience: 2nd Grade - 5th Grade
The reader can use visual clues, and deductive reasoning, to help Daisy and Ridley solve forty puzzling mysteries.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0761327398
ISBN-13: 9780761327394
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Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster
James Preller (2001), 80 pages
Illustrated by R. W. Alley
Audience: 2nd Grade - 3rd Grade
Jigsaw Jones is a second grader who loves puzzles of all kinds, especially mysteries. He's a private eye, and for one dollar a day, he'll take your case. His neighbor Wingnut approaches him with a tough one: Wingnut's hamster, Hermie, is lost. With his partner, Mila, Jigsaw Jones is on the case. Watch as Jigsaw and Mila use all their smarts to solve the mystery of Hermie's disappearance. If you like to solve puzzles and figure out how things work, the Jigsaw Jones mystery series is for you. This is a great series for readers new to chapter books.
Book Series: Jigsaw Jones Mystery
Similar books: A to Z Mysteries
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 8/26/2010
ISBN-10: 0590691252
ISBN-13: 9780590691253
Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
Mac Barnett (2009), 180 pages
Illustrated by Adam Rex
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
Steve Brixton lives for solving mysteries. He even sent away for his very own Ace Sleuth detective identification card. When Steve begrudgingly goes to the library to check out the book An Illustrated History of American Quilting for a school report,little does he know but he has gotten involved in his very own mystery. It starts when he is shot at in the library and is dragged into a limosine by a librarian. The police then begin treating him like a fugitive from the law. Can Steve prove that this is a case of mistaken identity before it is too late and find the quilt that holds all of America's secrets? This first book of The Brixton Brothers series leaves you on the edge of your chair from start to finish.
Book Series: Brixton Brothers
Reviewed by: jb
Date read: 3/27/2010
ISBN-10: 1416978151
ISBN-13: 9781416978152
Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: An Enola Holmes Mystery
Nancy Springer (2009), 176 pages
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
Enola Holmes is a runaway trying to escape from her brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft, who want to place her in a finishing school. Enola is horrified when her beloved old landlady, Mrs. Tupper, is kidnapped. Using various disguises, she sets out to solve the crime. Surprisingly, the trail leads to a meeting with Florence Nightingale, with whom Mrs. Tupper was acquainted during the Crimean War. If you enjoy historical settings, solving mysterious codes and heroines that jump out of windows, then this book is for you.
Book 5 in the Enola Holmes Mysteries series.
Book Series: An Enola Holmes Mystery
Reviewed by: rn
Date read: 8/29/2009
ISBN-10: 0399247815
ISBN-13: 9780399247811
Eleven-year-old Gilbert, self-styled private eye, takes on his toughest case when he finds a duck in the elevator.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0394826469
ISBN-13: 9780394826462
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