Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case (Encyclopedia Brown Series #24)

by Donald J. Sobol

Overview

Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the police department, and every night Encyclopedia helps him get to the bottom of his most baffling crimes. Join Encyclopedia Brown as he solves ten of his newest and most confounding mysteries, including a case of a missing butterfly brooch, some stolen Confederate stamps, a forgetful jewel thief, and more. With the clues given in each case, readers will have a chance to solve the mystery themselves! Interactive and chock-full of interesting bits of information—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142411674
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	09/04/2008
Series:	Encyclopedia Brown Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	90,254
Product dimensions:	8.66(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.26(d)
Lexile:	750L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

About the Author

Donald J. Sobol was the author of the highly acclaimed Encyclopedia Brown series and many other books. His awards include a special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his contribution to mystery writing in the United States, and the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers’ Choice Award for Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace.

Editorial Reviews

Twenty-five years ago, boy sleuth Encyclopedia Brown put down his magnifying glass and slipped into limbo. Now this diminutive detective is back, bringing with him a spate of fresh cases for youthful sleuths. Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case contains previously unpublished, exquisitely puzzling conundrums.

Having kept Idaville crime free "for more than a year"-more like 44 years, to be precise-the still-ten-year-old Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown takes on ten more scams, misdemeanors and outright felonies. Whether dealing with the theft of various precious items (including an autographed baseball from a case that is, literally, cracked) or the efforts of high-school dropout Wilford Wiggins and ne'er-do-well bully Bugs Meany to cheat local children out of their hard-earned savings, the precocious preteen unfailingly delivers the revealing question or significant fact that forces a confession. Only readers well enough informed to know how the author of Alice in Wonderland spelled his pseudonym, or attentive enough to spot the tiny slip in a suspect's story, will keep up-all others can look to the answers in the back. That's a formula that still works after more than a generation. (art not seen) (Fiction. 8-10)

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