Copyright Date:
2006
Edition Date:
2006
Release Date:
09/01/06
ISBN:
2-89579-116-3
ISBN 13:
978-2-89579-116-4
Dewey:
Fic
Language:
English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist
(Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 CDT 2009)
Seventh-graders Max Finder and Alison Santos live in the town of Whispering Meadows, where they investigate mysteries in their school and in their neighborhood. This volume collects 10 comic stories that originally appeared in Owl Magazine. Max and Alison take turns solving the cases, while their neighbors and classmates take turns being victims, witnesses, and culprits. In one case, the two investigate the whereabouts of a rare and valuable trading card lost by their school's star basketball player; in another, a new girl in town is accused of scratching a brand-new CD while attending a birthday slumber party; and at the school's Halloween costume dance party, the stereo awarded for the top costume is stolen. The comic-book format lets the panels provide many visual clues for readers, who are encouraged to solve the mysteries themselves before turning to the solutions at the back of the book. Each case also includes a puzzle. Great for readers who enjoy mysteries in the vein of Encyclopedia Brown.
School Library Journal
(Fri May 01 00:00:00 CDT 2009)
ODONNELL, Liam Max Finder Mystery: Collected Casebook vol. 2. ISBN 978-2-89579-121-8 . ODONNELL, Liam Max Finder Mystery: Collected Casebook vol. 3 ISBN 978-2-89579-149-2 . ea vol: illus. by Michael Cho. 94p. CIP. Owl Kids 2009. pap. $9.95. LC C2006-903300-5. Gr 4-6 Like Encyclopedia Brown, Max Finder is a kid detective. His adventures can be found online at OWL magazines Web site and now in three collected volumes. Each one contains 10 mysteries as well as extra puzzles and character descriptions. Unfortunately, the latter are in the back of the book instead of the front. The graphic format allows readers to search for visual as well as contextual clues. While the pages can get cluttered with text and word balloons, the artwork fits in nicely. Max and his friend Alison will take on any case, from a missing basketball card to a lobster on the lam. The cases are all solvable but not so easy that younger readers wont enjoy a challenge. Good additions to graphic-novel collections. Sadie Mattox, DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, GA
Max Finder is a self-described fact collector the more obscure, the better. There s nothing the brainy 12-year-old likes better than to apply his talent for trivia to solving mysteries. But even with his growing reputation as a junior Sam Spade, Max still relies on his best friend and partner in crime, the spunky Alison Santos, to help crack each of his cases. In this exciting collection, Max and Alison also need the help of the reader to solve ten puzzling crimes. From a stereo-smashing hooligan to a mysterious art attack to the White Pine Werewolf, each case is crammed with clues, stuffed with suspects, and riddled with red herrings. Budding sleuths can hone their crime-solving skills by cracking message mix-ups, unscrambling suspect s names, and deciphering fishy warnings. The solutions are in the back of the book but real detectives never peek."
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