Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case
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Books › Juvenile Fiction › Mysteries & Detective Stories
ISBN: 0142410853 / Publisher: Puffin Books, March 2008
Records ten of the adventures of the fifth-grade genius who solves Idaville's criminal cases, including cases involving a seven-foot boy, a murdered pet skunk, and stolen false teeth.
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As Idaville’s ten-year-old star detective, Encyclopedia has an uncanny knack for trivia. With his unconventional knowledge, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve some of the most baffling crimes. With ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but readers are given all the clues as well and can chime in with their own solutions. Interactive and fun—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown!“I loved Encyclopedia Brown as a kid.”—Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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