The Case of the Dirty Clue (Third-Grade Detectives Series #7)

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Grade 2-4-In this series entry, mystery lovers are invited to discover and unravel clues along with Noelle and the other Third-Grade Detectives. When Misty's new bike is run over by a car, the sleuths launch into action. They gather the facts and then ask for help from their teacher, who provides clues through secret messages that must be decoded. After examining the evidence and doing a bit of legwork, they solve the crime. Full-page, black-and-white sketches appear throughout. With believable characters and a fast-paced plot, this book is a good choice for students who are ready to leave easy-readers behind, but are not quite prepared for longer books.Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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Gr. 2-4. Science and geography are part of the fun in the latest detective story in the Ready-for-Chapters series about the Third-Grade Detectives who solve a mystery with the help of their teacher. A speeding white car ran over Misty's new bike. How will she find the driver? There's one important clue: the car left the bike covered in red dirt. The class studies the soil sample and learns about dirt in different regions of the country, and after looking closely, they trace the dirt on the bike to Arizona. Can they find the car? As always in this series, the teacher, an ex-spy, gives the class directions in secret alphabet codes, and new readers will enjoy the puzzles and the forensics as much as the classroom rivalry and friendship. Hazel Rochman
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IT'S A DIRTY SHAME! Misty's younger brother left her brand-new bike in the middle of the street, and a speeding car ran over it. Not only is the bike totally mangled, it's covered with ugly red dirt. Misty wants to find the driver, but she doesn't have much information to go on -- all she noticed was that the car was white. The Third-Grade Detectives agree to help, but there are an awful lot of white cars around town. Can the detectives clean up the case?


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Gr 2-4-In this series entry, mystery lovers are invited to discover and unravel clues along with Noelle and the other Third-Grade Detectives. When Misty's new bike is run over by a car, the sleuths launch into action. They gather the facts and then ask for help from their teacher, who provides clues through secret messages that must be decoded. After examining the evidence and doing a bit of legwork, they solve the crime. Full-page, black-and-white sketches appear throughout. With believable characters and a fast-paced plot, this book is a good choice for students who are ready to leave easy-readers behind, but are not quite prepared for longer books.-Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.


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