The Mount Rushmore Face That Couldn't See (Field Trip Mysteries)

The Mount Rushmore Face That Couldn't See (Field Trip Mysteries)

Cat and her friends visit Mount Rushmore, and things quickly get mysterious. ...a light frolic, competently written, with a satisfying plot and decent characters and interest. Certainly worth a try if your young reader likes a realistic setting and a bit of mystery/adventure. --"NetGalley Review" This book, part of the Field Trip Mysteries series, combines a gentle mystery with lots of facts about Mount Rushmore. . . .Cat and her friends are intrepid sleuths in the way that fictional children sometimes are (see everyone from Encyclopedia Brown to Theodore Boone to the Babysitters Club). . . .A solid pick for school classrooms, school libraries, and public libraries to consider for their collections. --"Crowding the Book Truck blog" This fast paced, well constructed mystery gives enough red herrings to point to many solutions, giving the reader time to ponder the clues. The plot moves with the dialog, supplemented with full page graphic illustrations. Pertinent quotes fill whole pages and tie together the plot turns. --"SWON Library Consortium, Ohio" Steve Brezenoff lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with his wife, Beth, their son, Sam, and their small, smelly dog, Harry. Besides writing books, he enjoys playing video games, riding his bicycle, and helping middle-school students to improve their writing skills. Steve's ideas almost always come to him in his dreams, so he does his best writing in his pajamas.