The Case of the Missing Museum Archives

by Steve Brezenoff, Lisa K. Weber (Illustrator)

Overview

When the plans for the prototype of a failed flying machine go missing from the Air and Space Museum's archives, Amal's father, the assistant archivist, is blamed. No one suspects a crime has been committed - except Amal and her friends. With her father's job on the line, it's up to them to track down the missing plans and get to the bottom of the museum mystery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781434296924
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Museum Mysteries
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	68,943
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	580L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Steve Brezenoff is the author of more than fifty middle-grade chapter books, including the Field Trip Mysteries series, the Ravens Pass series of thrillers, and the Return to the Titanic series. He's also written three young-adult novels, Guy in Real Life; Brooklyn, Burning; and The Absolute Value of -1. In his spare time, he enjoys video games, cycling, and cooking. Steve lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Beth, and their son and daughter. .

Lisa K. Weber makes art for comics, kid’s books, and cartoons. Her work has included graphic-novel adaptations of classic literature, illustrated books for young and middle-grade readers, and character and storyboard design for animations. She cofounded the comic book label HexComix in 2014, cocreating and illustrating its flagship title, Hex11, which earned a nomination for the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, raised in Wilmette, Illinois, and schooled in New York City, Lisa currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California, where she enjoys healthy doses of satire, science fiction, and classic-rock radio.

Table of Contents

Running late — Who was that? — Missing plans — On the case — The usual suspect.

Interviews

• Perfect for readers who loved the best-selling Field Trip Mysteries series • Teaches creative problem solving and critical thinking • Even distribution of male and female protagonists offers cross-gender appeal to readers • Perfect for kids interested in history, museums, artifacts • Mysteries are a consistently popular topic among middle-grade readers • Curriculum tie-ins and backmatter in each book deepen the learning experience

Editorial Reviews

Not since Scooby, Shaggy and the gang has a group of kids solved so many mysteries, and foiled so many evil plans. In Museum Mysteries, readers get a free pass to the top museums of Capitol City, and are introduced to four art and history buffs who solve some of the museums’ more baffling mysteries. . . .history and fiction are splendidly mixed. Illustrations bring lightness to this great series for any young mystery reader.

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