The Absent Author
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780590819183 (0590819186)
Publish date: 1997
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Pages no: 86
Edition language: English
Series: A to Z Mysteries (#1)
One of our children's librarians loves this series. She read all of them. Having read the first, I can see why. They're a good starter chapter book series with more substance than most. The 11-year-old liked these when she was younger.
A group of kids awaits a book signing with their favorite mystery author, Wallis Wallace. But the author never shows, and the kids find it strange. As they follow clues, they think Wallis Wallace has been kidnapped.I like this book because it's pure kid imagination. It's what kids wish would happen....
Holy mother load of childhood memories. These books, along side Cam Jansen, became my childhood. I was known as The Girl Who Loves Mystery Books at my school library. Yep. I was that cool. (Still am).I am only going to review the first in this series because you guys probably wouldn't want 26 "OMG I...
This series came to me recommended by others in the Grow-a-Reader Bookbox. I agree. Good first mystery series.