Bones and the Roller Coaster Mystery #7 [Hardcover]

David A. Adler (Author), Barbara Newman (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Bones

Detective Jeffrey Bones and Grandpa are at the amusement park. They buy tickets for games, the merry-go-round, and the roller coaster. But when it?s time to finally ride the big coaster, the tickets are missing. Were they stolen? Maybe something in Bones? detective bag will help solve this Easy-to-Read mystery.

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From Booklist

At the amusement park, Jeffrey Bones’ grandfather buys 10 regular tickets and two for the big roller coaster. After playing some games and riding the merry-go-round, they head for the roller coaster, but Grandpa discovers those tickets are gone. Despite his fear of the scary ride, Jeffrey turns detective and solves the mystery. Divided into five short chapters of reasonably simple text, the story is easy to follow. Colorful illustrations appear on every page. Hard-boiled junior detectives may be in fashion, but the Bones beginning-reader mystery series’ soft-boiled (possibly coddled) protagonist has his own honest, childlike appeal. Grades K-2. --Carolyn Phelan

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile (February 19, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670063401
• ISBN-13: 978-0670063406
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,977,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write both fiction and non-fiction. I begin my fiction with the main character. The story comes later. Of course, since I'll be spending a lot of time with each main character, why not have him or her be someone I like? Andy Russell is based, loosely, on a beloved member of my family. He's fun to write about and the boy who inspired the character is even more fun to know. Cam Jansen is based even more loosely on a classmate of mine in the first grade whom we all envied because we thought he had a photographic memory. Now, especially when my children remind me of some promise they said I made, I really envy Cam's amazing memory. I have really enjoyed writing about Cam Jansen and her many adventures. For my books of non-fiction I write about subjects I find fascinating. My first biography was Our Golda: The Life of Golda Meir. To research that book, I bought a 1905 set of encyclopedia. Those books told me what each of the places Golda Meir lived in were like when she lived there. I've written many other biographies, including books about Martin Luther King, Jr; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Helen Keller; Harriet Tubman; Anne Frank; and many others in my Picture Book Biography series. I've been a Yankee and a Lou Gehrig fan for decades so I wrote Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man. It's more the story of his great courage than his baseball playing. Children face all sorts of challenges and it's my hope that some will be inspired by the courage of Lou Gehrig. I am working now on another book about a courageous man, Janusz Korczak. My book One Yellow Daffodil is fiction, too, but it's based on scores of interviews I did with Holocaust survivors for my books We Remember the Holocaust, Child of the Warsaw Ghetto, The Number on My Grandfather's Arm, and Hiding from the Nazis. The stories I heard were compelling. One Yellow Daffodil is both a look to the past and to the future, and expresses my belief in the great spirit and strength of our children. I love math and was a math teacher for many years, so it was fun for me to write several math books including Fraction Fun, Calculator Riddles, and Shape Up! Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons. In my office I have this sign, "Don't Think. Just Write!" and that's how I work. I try not to worry about each word, even each sentence or paragraph. For me stories evolve. Writing is a process. I rewrite each sentence, each manuscript, many times. And I work with my editors. I look forward to their suggestions, their help in the almost endless rewrite process. Well, it's time to get back to dreaming, and to writing, my dream of a job. David A. Adler is the author of more than 175 children's books, including the Young Cam Jansen series. He lives in Woodmere, New York.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book For Child, September 25, 2010

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Michelle A. Morais (HILLSIDE,NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bones and the Roller Coaster Mystery #7 (Mass Market Paperback)

My daughter loved reading this book.Now we look for these kinds of mysteries when we go to the library.Price was good,and I have no regrets buying it.Don`t have a job at this time,but as soon as I do ,I will be searching for the series because it encourages my daughter to read more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every young, budding sleuth is going to love joining Jeffrey Bones to solve yet another intriguing mystery!, March 8, 2010

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This review is from: Bones and the Roller Coaster Mystery #7 (Hardcover)

Jeffrey Bones was a junior detective and a very good one at that. Whenever a mystery presented itself he would get out his "detective bag" and get to work, but he probably wouldn't need it because he and Grandpa were heading to the amusement park for some fun. When they arrived they spotted the BIG roller coaster. There was a long line waiting in front of it and the cars rolled up and down the tracks. Grandpa said "That's a scary ride," but not to worry because Bones would be there to take care of him. They went to the ticket booth to get some tickets. The lady explained everything to them and they were on their way. Of course they had to buy to tickets for the BIG roller coaster. No mystery about that because Bones wasn't a scardy cat!

They were off to try their luck at the basketball shoot, but they had to wait their turn. Jeffrey really had his eye on a big teddy bear, but when he missed all his shots Grandpa stepped up and won him that bear. They tried another game and went on the Merry-Go-Round. So far Bones didn't have any mysteries to solve, but soon that would change. When they arrived at the BIG roller coaster, much to their surprise they didn't have the right color tickets. Mmmmm! They originally bought ten green tickets and two blue ones, the ones they needed for the ride. They started to back track to find out where they went. Out came Bones's detective bag. Just where could those tickets have gone to? If anyone could solve the mystery it was Jeffrey Bones, junior detective extraordinaire.

Every young, budding sleuth is going to love joining Jeffrey Bones to solve yet another intriguing mystery. These easy to read and easy to solve mysteries are a lot of fun and are always provide a sense of satisfaction when the "ah ha" moment hits the young reader. This is a Level 2 Viking Easy-to-Read book for the child ages 5-8, grades K-2. The sentences and dialogue are easy to decipher and the five short chapters are an excellent way for a child to become familiar with more complicated chapter books. This is the seventh book in the "Bones Series," a series that is well worth looking into if you have a beginning reader who loves a good mystery!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent Level 2 easy reader, April 18, 2009

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This review is from: Bones and the Roller Coaster Mystery #7 (Hardcover)

David A. Adler's BONES AND THE ROLLER COASTER MYSTERY provides an excellent Level 2 easy reader for reading together, including simple dialogue and short sentences. Here detective Jeffrey Bones and Grandpa look for missing tickets at an amusement park.