The impossible clue / Sarah Rubin.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 293 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780545940252
- 0545940257
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Rubin Sarah | Available | 33111008728491 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A compelling and funny new whodunit with a strong girl heroine--for fans of Book Scavenger , Greenglass House , and The Mysterious Benedict Society . Math whiz Alice Jones has already cracked a mystery or two. She's smart and she's fearless, so who else would her classmates turn to? But when a famous local scientist vanishes from a locked room, Alice and her detective skills graduate to the big leagues.Dr. Learner had been working on a top-secret invisibility suit that everyone wants. Rumor has it he's disappeared under suspicious circumstances . . . literally. But is wacky science really behind his vanishing? Or is it something more sinister? Alice won't stop until she knows the truth . . .The Impossible Clue is a middle-grade story whose appeal is no mystery, with a protagonist whose charm needs no magnifying glass to detect.
First published inf the United Kingdom in 2016 as Alice Jones: Impossible Clue.
Maths whizz Alice Jones has already cracked a mystery or two. But when a scientist vanishes from a locked room, she faces her toughest case yet. Dr Learner had been working on an invisibility suit, but is wacky science really behind his disappearance? Or is it something more sinister? Fearless Alice won't stop till she knows the truth...