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8-12 year old, Fiction, Mystery, Reviews

The Potato Chip Puzzles

Author: Eric Berlin Illustrator: Katrina Damkoehler © Date: 2009 Publisher: Puffin Books Pages: 227 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: No, but a few puzzles involve an illustration Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: More puzzles and answers to the puzzles that weren’t given in the text of the story Summary from Book: When […]

12 years old and up, 8-12 year old, Fiction, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Reviews

Holes

Author: Louis Sachar Illustrator: N/A © Date: 1998 Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Pages: 233 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: No Publisher Recommended Age: 10 and up Bonus Activities at End of Book: No, but the edition that I had included essays from Louis Sachar’s brother, daughter, and wife along with Louis Sachar’s Newbery Medal acceptance speech

8-12 year old, Animals, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Reviews

The Great Ghost Hoax

Author: Emily Ecton Illustrator: David Mottram © Date: 2021 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pages: 259 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but a lot of page layouts do not have illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Butterbean is bored. She and the other pets pulled off a

4-8 year old, Animals, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Mystery, Reviews

Baby Monkey, Private Eye

Author: Brian Selznick and David Serlin Illustrator: Brian Selznick © Date: 2018 Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 189 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, illustrations are on most pages and tell part of the story Publisher Recommended Age: 4-9 Bonus Activities at End of Book: Not really, but there is a key to baby monkey’s office that has

8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Reviews

Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans

Author: Russell Ginns Illustrator: Barbara Fisinger © Date: 2018 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 243 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, many page layouts do not have an illustration Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: Yes, fun facts on the value of several items mentioned in the book, more puzzles to solve with websites

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