Synopsis
(from
the publisher):
A ghost? At school? Detective duo Milo and Jazz have their hands full
when they find out their class’s “haunted
house”
might really be haunted!
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The
Case of the Haunted Haunted House
The
Milo
& Jazz Mysteries
Lewis
B. Montgomery
The
Kane Press (Trade Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1-57565-295-1 (1575652951)
ISBN-13: 978-1-57565-295-5 (9781575652955)
Publication Date: July 2009
List Price: $6.95
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Review:
Milo and
Jazz's grade school class comes up with an idea to host a haunted house
for their community's Spring Thing, but the building they choose to use
for the event may indeed be haunted in The Case of the Haunted
Haunted House,
the third early chapter mystery in this series by Lewis B. Montgomery
and illustrated by Amy Wummer.
Milo and Jazz are detectives in training, who receive lessons in the
mail from world-famous private eye Dash Marlowe and apply them to
real-life mysteries. And they have one on their hands now! A temporary
building on school grounds, which hasn't been used recently, is
selected as the site of the class's haunted house. But word gets out
that the building is inhabited by a spooky ghost, who can be seen at
night prowling around. Milo and Jazz are skeptical. Jazz thinks it's
just her older brother spreading false rumors; she has a bet with him
on which of their classes can raise the most money ... and this is his
way of steering people, especially kids from the younger grades, away
from the haunted house. But when Milo and Jazz go exploring one night
they see a mysterious light moving about in the abandoned school
building. Could it really be haunted?
The
Case of the Haunted Haunted
House starts a tad slowly but
builds up to an exciting finish.
The lesson from Dash Marlowe involves using motive to solve a case, so
Milo and Jazz go about putting themselves in the shoes (not literally,
of course!) of their three primary suspects: Jazz's brother, a
classmate who likes to play practical jokes, and another classmate who
may be angry because her idea for the Spring Thing wasn't chosen. It's
an effective way of introducing kids to deductive reasoning ... and a
pretty good mystery too!
Like the previous books in the series, the final pages are filled with
some really clever brain teasers. Though the book is intended for young
readers, ages 5 to 7 or so, the puzzles at the end may be a little too
challenging for them -- but that's a good thing, as it will help
develop critical thinking skills. Parents may want to sit down with
their children and help them work through the logic, as needed.
Special thanks to The Kane Press for providing a copy of The Case of the Haunted Haunted House for this review.
Review Copyright © 2010 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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