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Book Safari -- Children's Literature Database
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49 book reviews found, page 1 of 10. Narrow results by selecting age range:
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100-year-old secret
Audience: 4th Grade - 6th Grade
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When Xena and Xander Holmes move to London, they find out that they are descendants of the detective Sherlock Holmes. They get his old casebook and they decide to solve as many of his unsolved cases as they can, starting with the case of a painting that went missing a hundred years before.
Similar books: The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery (Nancy Springer), The London Eye Mystery (Siobhan Dowd)
Date read: 10/15/2008
ISBN: 0805083405
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Calder Game
Audience: 4th Grade - 9th Grade
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In this third art mystery adventure by Balliett, Calder travels to England with his father. While his father is at a conference in Oxford, Calder explores the small, old village of Woodstock, where they are staying in a Bed and Breakfast. He soon discovers that a sculpture by Alexander Calder has recently been installed in the village's townsquare, and the villagers are furious about the modern intrusion. Within a few hours, both Calder the boy and the Calder sculpture are missing! Unable to find his son, Calder's father sends an alert to his son's two best friends and begs them to fly to England to help. Will Petra and Tommy be able to use their knowledge of Calder's interests and ways of thinking to find him? Mazes, puzzles, and stories from the past offer them many clues and distractions as they search using creative methods. As you read this mystery, try to find letters in the illustrations and arrange them for a secret message. The challenge was too difficult for this reviewer!
Similar books: 'Chasing Vermeer,' 'The Wright Three'
Date read: 08/28/2008
ISBN: 0439852072
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Case of the Mistaken Identity
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
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This is the humorous, adventurous mystery you've all been waiting for. Twelve-year-old Steve Brixton has been longing to be a detective for ages. He's virtually memorized the Bailey Brothers' detective series and taken their tips to heart. After being given an odd book report (on American needlecraft), Steve is thrown head-first into his first challenging case: he must recover a national treasure, unmask a criminal mastermind, and complete his school report all while staying clear of cops, thugs, and secret-agent librarians. This page-turner will keep you laughing as Steve tries (unsuccessfully) to use tips from the Bailey Brothers to escape difficult situations. And we guarantee you won't guess the true culprit until the end.
Date read: 5/25/2010
ISBN: 1416978151
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Chasing the Falconers
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
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Sent to a juvenile detention center after their parents are sentenced to life in prison for espionage, Aiden and Meg believe their parents were set up and are determined to clear their family name. At the first opportunity the two escape and go on the run. Unsure of where to go or what to do, they narrowly miss being caught by the police several times. Aiden realizes that he might have a clue that will help show their parent's innocence, but they have to get to it before they get caught... or someone else reaches it first.
Similar books: Stormbreaker (Anthony Horowitz); The Horizontal Man (Michael Dahl)
Date read: 8/26/2008
ISBN: 0439651360
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