The Code Busters Club, Case #2: The Haunted Lighthouse
A group of code-loving children turns a class trip to Alcatraz into a treasure hunt mystery. Playful puzzles keep the reader involved and make it a lively middle-grade mystery.
Work Information
Code games become the doorway to the adventure.
As the second Code Busters Club book by Penny Warner, the novel builds a playful mystery around codes and hieroglyphs. It’s an easy fit for school libraries and read-aloud settings.
Book Information
- Publisher
- EgmontUSA
- Published
- 2013-10-08
- Pages
- 224 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.82 x 1.35 x 20.02 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781606844557
- ISBN-10
- 1606844555
- Price
- 167771 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Geography & Cultures/Explore the World/United States
"A fun series sure to appeal to graduates of Encyclopedia Brown and Ivy & Bean."-- Shelf Awareness When Cody, Quinn, M.E., and Luke receive a cryptic message directing them to Alcatraz Island, the promise of a new adventure, and possible treasure, sets them on the trail to the famous prison to solve a decades-old mystery involving the Alcatraz lighthouse, a jewel thief, and his fabled missing haul. If the Code Busters can unravel the secret of Diamond Dave's biggest theft, they could be in for a fortune! Also available in electronic book format (ISBN 978-1-60684-362-8)
Penny Warner has published more than 50 books, both fiction and nonfiction, for adults and children. Her middle-grade mystery, Mystery of the Haunted Caves, won an Agatha Award. Warner has a bachelor's degree in child development and a master's degree in special education. She teaches child development at Diablo Valley College in San Roman, CA, and writing at conferences across the country. She belongs to Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, SCBWI, California Writers Club, and Women Writing the West. Warner has appeared on television featuring ideas from her books, including the national Dr. Spock PBS series, Parent Sense, Later Today, HGTV, Channel 7 News, People Are Talking, Mornings on 2, and dozens of others. She pens a weekly newspaper column on family life and writes for popular websites including NancyDrewForever.com, ToysRUs.com, Fisher-Price.com, DrSpock.com, ParentalWisdom.com, andSIGNews.org. She and her husband, Tom, write interactive mysteries as fund-raisers for libraries across the country. Warner lives in Danville, CA. You can visit her online at www.pennywarner.com.
Reviews
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Gripped my 8 year old
My 8 year old daughter loved these books. Easy to get into the story, good pace and informative.
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Fun and interesting books for young readers
Great books. My 8 year old granddaughter loves them and she read them outloud to her 5 year old brother.
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AWESOME BOOK
We're reading this for our school book club, and it is a great book. The ending isn't obvious, the codes are fun, and the book is exciting! Great read! Highly recommended!
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Five Stars
Children enjoyed the book
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3rd/4th grader loves it!!
Bought this for my nine year old boy who is going into the fourth grade. Loves this series of books!!!
Related Literary Awards
- Agatha Awards Edition 25 (2012) ・Winner