THE RED BLAZER GIRLS: THE RING OF ROCAMADOUR

Book ID/图书代码： 06580108B22260

English Summary/英文概要： It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn’t be a mystery!

But in between The Scream and The Very Surprising Ending, three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search of a legendary ring reputed to grant wishes. Are these sleuths in school uniforms modern-day equivalents of Nancy, Harriet, or Scooby? Not really, they’re just three nice girls who decide to help out a weird lady, and end up hiding under tables, tackling word puzzles and geometry equations, and searching rather moldy storage rooms for “the stuff that dreams are made of” (that’s from an old detective movie). Oh, and there’s A Boy, who complicates things. As boys often do.

Intrigued? The Red Blazer Girls offers a fun, twisty adventure for those who love mystery, math (c’mon, admit it!), and a modest measure of mayhem.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事是從尖叫聲開始，結尾則是….如果現在就告訴你，那就不叫推理故事啦。
ㄧ開始，三個女生只是想要幫助ㄧ個舉止怪異的女人，但途中卻發生了許多意料不到的發展，除了得解開字謎和幾何方程式，還要找尋一個發霉、但裡頭藏著夢境組成元素的儲物室。當然，三個女生在推理冒險的過程中，還遇到了一個，你知道，總是讓事情變得更複雜的男生…(Kate Cheng)

Awards/获奖情况：★ 亞馬遜 8月選書 Best Picks for Kids: 對熱愛冒險/解謎故事的中年級生來說，The Red Blazer Girls 是非常聰明且值得票價的閱讀選擇

亞馬遜書評：
「在這個系列中沒有話題總是圍繞著時尚和男生，而且說話還挺惡毒地的花邊教主類女生….而是三位講話風趣的聰明女孩：12歲的蘇菲‧皮耶、音樂家瑪格麗特‧羅貝爾和個性犀利的瑞貝卡‧陳。
三個女生在書中展露的幽默感、解謎才能與冒險過程，喔還有他們時不時得從咖啡店買來解饞的甜食，讓這個推理系列故事充滿現代感，讀來讓人眼睛一亮…對喜愛冒險故事的中年級生來說，Red Glazer Girls是非常聰明且值得票價的閱讀選擇。」

The feisty and brainy girl sleuths from St. Veronica’s School are hot on the trail of a valuable violin gone missing in The Vanishing Violin, the second installment in this breakout middle-grade mystery series from newcomer Michael D. Beil.
There is much to love about a girl-power series focused on something other than fashion, boys, and mean girls. You won’t find any Gossip Girls in this crowd, but rather a top-notch crew of tween investigators featuring twelve-year-old Sophie St. Pierre (who chronicles the cases), future Mensa-candidate and musician Margaret Wrobel, the razor-sharp Rebecca Chen, and creative-type Leigh Ann Jaimes.
Collectively they thrive on good humor, intriguing puzzles, cross-town adventures, and plenty of sweets from the local coffee shop (Perkatory). Infused with contemporary humor and situations, The Red Blazer Girls offer readers a fresh take on Nancy Drew-inspired mysteries-meets Harriet the Spy. A very smart and rewarding pick for active middle grade readers.---Lauren Nemroff, Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2010

Gr 5-8–The Red Blazers Girls are back with another multilayered mystery to solve. This time they are on the trail of a missing rare violin. Margaret, a violinist, has a lot riding on this case. If she finds the instrument, it is hers to keep. Once again, the young sleuths must break and trace some cryptic codes and brainteasers that involve logic, math, and literature to find the violin. In the process, Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann end up trying to save the man who was their prime suspect. The girls also form a band (The Blazers), get a gig, find out who is mysteriously cleaning up St. Veronica’s school, and outwit a mean classmate. The Ring of the Rocamadour (Knopf, 2009) is a must-read to get what is going on in this book, but fans of the earlier title will love it. Plenty of adventure is packed into one neatly solved mystery. The dialogue is fast paced and somewhat humorous. The clues are a bit harder than those in the first book, a bonus for readers who like a challenge. Suggest both books to kids who are looking for something funny and intriguing. Shannon Seglin, Patrick Henry Library, Vienna, VA---From School Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： 麥可.貝爾在紐約市擔任英文教師，「消失的小提琴」是他為Knopf出版社所寫的第二本書，目前他正在撰寫Red Glazer Girls 系列的第三本。

Format:电子手稿

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