Tour of Trouble

by Michele Jakubowski, Amerigo Pinelli (Illustrator)

Overview

The Tour Across the Land is no ordinary bicycle race. Only the top riders take on the cross-country route, and soon they will whiz right through Somerville. The townspeople expect only fun and excitement, but Somerville's young sleuths realize one cycling team has a sinister plan. Will the kids find a way to stop it?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496531803
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Series:	The Sleuths of Somerville
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile:	780L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Long ago, Amerigo Pinelli met a pencil when he was a child living in the heart of the city of Naples, Italy. From that moment on he started to play, joke, fight, and make peace with it. Today, he works in animation and publishing, and he also teaches kids in the comics school of Naples. He thinks making a living doing the thing he enjoys the most is a great gift, and he considers himself very lucky. His three daughters Chiara, Teresa, and Irene fill his life with color and joy. They are really unpredictable! For him and his wife,Giulia, it's impossible to get bored!

Working at a school (and having two of her own children) gives Michele Jakubowski more than enough experiences to draw from when writing middle-level fiction. Michele has also written other popular books in the Sidney & Sydney series and the Perfectly Poppy early chapter book set. Michele lives in Powell, Ohio, with her husband, John, and their children, Jack and Mia.

Interviews

• Curriculum tie-in: Good for teaching sequence and plot • Reluctant reader appeal • Suspenseful and quick reads • Popular genre for middle readers