The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 9780395827840
ISBN-13 : 0395827841
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by : Chris Van Allsburg

Since its publication in 1984, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick has stimulated the minds of readers of all ages and backgrounds. Now the original fourteen drawings are available in a large portfolio edition of loose sheets. In addition, a newly discovered fifteenth drawing, titled The Youngest Magician, has been added, as well as an updated introduction by the author. The puzzles of these mysterious drawings will be even more provocative because of the larger size and the exceptional printing quality. For the first time, the drawings can be shared with groups or displayed singly. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 1984.

Writing Mysteries in the Classroom

Writing Mysteries in the Classroom
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Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Total Pages : 74
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ISBN-10 : 9781593632243
ISBN-13 : 159363224X
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Writing Mysteries in the Classroom by : Cheryl Garrett

Students naturally love the thrill of solving crimes and cracking mysteries. Why not allow them to learn to write their own suspenseful stories? Writing Mysteries in the Classroom takes students step-by-step through the process of creating a good mystery story. Lessons include creating believable settings, writing suspenseful plots, detailing a crime scene, implementing mysterious tones and moods, describing suspicious characters, and writing realistic dialogue. Each lesson includes examples for students to follow and contains exercises that allow students to progressively complete their own detective stories. Grades 5-8

The Classroom Mystery

The Classroom Mystery
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Publisher : QED Publishing
Total Pages : 27
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ISBN-10 : 9781786035790
ISBN-13 : 1786035790
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis The Classroom Mystery by : Tracy Packiam Alloway

Someone has been stealing food from Snowball, the classroom pet bunny! Can Izzy use her SEN Superpowers to track down the culprit and save the day? SEN Superpowers: The Classroom Mystery explores the topic of ADHD with an empowering story and adorable illustrations. The SEN Superpowers series celebrates the positive traits associated with a range of common SEN (Special Education Needs) conditions, boosting the confidence and strength-awareness of children with those conditions, while also allowing for better understanding and positivity among their peers. Each book includes a page of discussion points about the story, a page of tips for how to boost abilities (inclusive for children with and without special educational needs), and, finally, a further page of notes for parents and teachers. The books feature a dyslexic-friendly font to encourage accessibility and inclusivity for all readers.

Secret Coders

Secret Coders
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Publisher : First Second
Total Pages : 100
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ISBN-10 : 9781626725744
ISBN-13 : 1626725748
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Secret Coders by : Gene Luen Yang

Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately Academy no matter what it takes! From graphic novel superstar (and high school computer programming teacher) Gene Luen Yang comes Secret Coders, a wildly entertaining new series that combines logic puzzles and basic programming instruction with a page-turning mystery plot!

Detective LaRue

Detective LaRue
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Publisher : Scholastic Press
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 0439458684
ISBN-13 : 9780439458689
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Detective LaRue by : Mark Teague

While on vacation, Mrs. LaRue receives letters from her dog Ike who has been falsely accused of harming the neighbor's cats and is trying to clear his name.

Grasping Mysteries

Grasping Mysteries
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Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781534460683
ISBN-13 : 1534460683
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Grasping Mysteries by : Jeannine Atkins

Learn about seven groundbreaking women in math and science in this gorgeously written biographical novel-in-verse, a companion to the “original and memorable” (Booklist, starred review) Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science. After a childhood spent looking up at the stars, Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and to earn a salary for scientific research. Florence Nightingale was a trailblazing nurse whose work reformed hospitals and one of the founders of the field of medical statistics. The first female electrical engineer, Hertha Marks Ayrton registered twenty-six patents for her inventions. Marie Tharp helped create the first map of the entire ocean floor, which helped scientists understand our subaquatic world and suggested how the continents shifted. A mathematical prodigy, Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories and launch windows for many NASA projects including the Apollo 11 mission. Edna Lee Paisano, a citizen of the Nez Perce Nation, was the first Native American to work full time for the Census Bureau, overseeing a large increase in American Indian and Alaskan Native representation. And Vera Rubin studied more than two hundred galaxies and found the first strong evidence for dark matter. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates seven remarkable women who used math as their key to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovative work that changed the world.

How to Write Kids' Mysteries

How to Write Kids' Mysteries
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Publisher : Stargazer Publishing Company
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1933277009
ISBN-13 : 9781933277004
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis How to Write Kids' Mysteries by : Jeanne Lazo

Writing Mysteries

Writing Mysteries
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781582971025
ISBN-13 : 1582971021
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Writing Mysteries by : Sue Grafton

Here's your ticket to the greatest mystery-writing workshop ever! In this extraordinary compilation, more than three dozen members of the Mystery Writers of America share insights and advice that can help make your writing dreams a reality. You'll learn how to: • Develop unique ideas • Construct an airtight plot packed with intrigue and suspense • Create compelling characters and atmospheric settings • Develop a writing style all your own • Write convincing dialogue • Choose the appropriate point of view • Work with an agent • Conduct accurate research • and much, much more! You'll also find special guidelines for creating clues, dropping red herrings, and writing medical, legal, historical, true crime, and young adult mysteries. It's all the information you need to solve the mystery-writing riddle!

The Night My Sister Went Missing

The Night My Sister Went Missing
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9780547542805
ISBN-13 : 0547542801
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis The Night My Sister Went Missing by : Carol Plum-Ucci

A taut YA crime thriller from the author of The Body of Christopher Creed. “There’s no doubt Plum-Ucci can tell a heck of a story” (Booklist). A tiny pistol, passed from friend to friend at a party on an abandoned pier, suddenly fires—and Casey Carmody falls into the water below. Kurt, Casey’s older brother, endures a seemingly endless night at the police station while the coast guard searches for his sister and his friends are questioned, one by one. Was the gunfire accidental or deliberate? Or was the whole drama one of Casey’s practical jokes? And where is Casey—or her body—now? “The Night My Sister Went Missing has all the suspense and drama of a locked-room mystery . . . Carol Plum-Ucci, author of the award-winning The Body of Christopher Creed, has crafted an intricate mystery filled with shocking surprises and characters whom readers will remember for a long time.” —Teenreads “Plum-Ucci’s mastery at intensifying their observations into something dire and ominous speeds the plot along and should keep readers wondering just how this convoluted mystery will wrap up.” —Kirkus Reviews “All the members of this loosely connected community harbor secrets they do not want to be revealed. But in the end, someone’s secret comes to light with devastating consequences.” —Publishers Weekly “The mystery is engrossing and the dramatic ending satisfying.” —School Library Journal

Motel of the Mysteries

Motel of the Mysteries
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 97
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780547770727
ISBN-13 : 0547770723
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Motel of the Mysteries by : David Macaulay

It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.