Something Wicked: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery

Contributor(s): Gratz, Alan M (Author)

ISBN: 9780142414965

Publisher: Speak

Binding Types:

Paperback

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Digicover (1-4 copies)

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Readerbound (5-99 copies)

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List/retail price:

$12.99

Pub Date: September 3, 2009

Dewey: FIC

Lexile Code: 0740

Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 12 to UP

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 7.10" L x 5.06" W ( 0.45 lbs) 288 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000125001 ( Something Wicked: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery)

Reading level: 4.60

Interest level: MG

Point value: 10.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The Scottish Highland Festival in Tennessee is set to begin, but Duncan MacRae, the games' founder, has just been murdered. The police arrest Duncan's son, but is he really the killer? Horatio Wilkes has doubts and is soon navigating the sinister world of Shakespeare's "Macbeth."

Review Quotes: "This mystery combines violence, sometimes-wry and sometimes-bawdy humor, and down-to-earth teen concerns."--Booklist

"A rousing adventure that may send some readers back to their Shakespearean texts."--Mystery Scene

"Gratz challenges readers, keeps them turning pages, and makes every word count."--Christian Science Monitor

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