Pub Date: September 1, 2009
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0740
Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 08 to 10
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 7.30" L x 5.30" W ( 0.45 lbs) 132 pages
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Description:
Each mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level.
Review Quotes: Christina (ten), Grant (seven), and their grandparents Mimi (author Carole Marsh) and Papa (her husband) embark on two more international mystery-solving adventures. Their exploits are tepid, and despite good intentions, the author resorts to mimicry and cultural stereotyping to invoke suspense (all Asians look alike so which is the villain?) and humor (all Australians are like Crocodile Dundee--"Crikey!"). Glos. (Copyright 2007 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)Christina (ten), Grant (seven), and their grandparents Mimi (author Carole Marsh) and Papa (her husband) embark on two more international mystery-solving adventures. Their exploits are tepid, and despite good intentions, the author resorts to mimicry and cultural stereotyping to invoke suspense (all Asians look alike so which is the villain?) and humor (all Australians are like Crocodile Dundee--"Crikey!"). Glos. (Copyright 2007 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.) -- Horn Book "Horn Book, Inc."