Kids Books - Detectives

Violet was chosen to play in the orchestra with her violin in the production of the play Romeo and Juliet in London! The Thea Sisters started to notice strange things occuring during the rehearsals. They conclude that someone is attemping to sabotage the production! Can they uncover the phantom before the show is ruined??

If I could give this book 6 stars, I totally would! This book was so fun and mysterious! The code that I learned from this book is very cool, and I'm actually going to tell all of my friends about it too! The main characters, Elizabeth and Freddy were codemasters and made word ladders and anagrams, which were really fun to read about. Ben Guterson really mastered the art of pulling a reader into a book and making it seem that they were really at Winterhouse with the characters. The ending was really surprising, and I really want to know what happens in the next book. I'm sure that I'll love that one too! Have fun reading this awesome book! It was Bear-y good! ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ ~ Lotte Parker

The grand opening of the Kalamazoo City Dome, the largest indoor and outdoor amusement in the whole wide world, has the people in Kalamazoo are excited, mostly because a movie for Chase Mercy is going to be held at the dome! But there was many crimes before the blockbuster, so Zengo and O'Malley head to the crime scene.

The mayoral race for Kalamazoo City's mayor is heating up, and one of the candidates, Frank Pandini Jr., has been threatened by a boomerang wielding flying squrriel on orders of a mysterious assailant. He requests for a special bodyguard from the Platypus Police Squad, Detective Rick Zengo, which leaves Detective Corey O'Malley to be partered with Detective Jo Cooper, the newest detective of the Platypus Police Squad. Can they solve the mystery behind the attacks?

I really loved this book. It's about a kid named Ted who lives in a really tiny town. Lots of people are moving out and this means that the school now has only one room and only 9 students. Some people want to shut down the school but they can't do it until next year, which scares Ted and his teacher, Mrs. Mitchell. But one day, he discovers a family of 3 living in an abandoned house, and they are scared that the police will capture them and take them away, so they are hiding. Ted decides to keep it a secret and help them, and changes his city forever. It was a really good book and I really enjoyed reading it. It was really interesting and I thought the characters were really interesting, especially Ted.

I pulled this book off my younger brother's shelf one evening, because I wanted to try to convince him to read something this summer. Before I knew it, I'm up til 3 in the morning, just devouring chapter after chapter. It's such an easy read (4-6th grade), the illustrations are very well drawn and there are just enough of them throughout the book. I really enjoyed the fast-paced story line; following the main character on this insane "adventure" you can call it, where he ran from the cops, the FBI librarians, found hidden passages and uncovered the city's mystery to save the United States of America's secrets hidden in a quilt. What a read! Sometimes, it's really refreshing to go back and read those simple books where it's the action and little details that matter most rather than the vocabulary or huge character development.

I really loved this mystery! I I love how the readers get a chance to figure out the mystery for themselves before the answer is revealed. I recommend this to anybody who loves any sort of mysteries and suspense!

An amazing book! I literally could not stop reading it it was so good! I especially loved how the viewpoints changed and you got to see what each character was really thinking, and I just really overall enjoyed the writing style in general. Just everything about the book made it really captivating to read. One of the most unique stories I’ve ever come across. Would 100% recommend this book!

Nell Warnes family has all died.. or at least, that's what she thought, someone has found her Aunt Kitty, her last bit of family. While Aunt Kitty is planning to leave Nell at a orphan home, Nell learns that Kitty is a detective! This book was really good, and I'm sure that once you start reading it you wont wanna stop

I really liked this book! It was very devious - just as it led you to believe one thing - it twisted it and said something else. The two main characters were very likeable and funny, and the way how their backyard antics led to something much bigger than themselves really made me laugh and sit on the edge of my seat for more. The code mentioned in the book was very helpful to move the book forward and the main thing that I learned is that nothing is how it seems. Happy reading! ~ Lotte Parker