Color Me Criminal [Library Binding]

Ellen Weiss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999

In the first volume of the Carmen Sandiego Mystery Series, when Carmen steals all the colors from Arizona's painted deserts, Maya and Ben take on the case, discovering crazy clues that lead them to the other side of the country.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6. Knee-high hackers will no doubt enjoy Color Me Criminal even more than the uninitiated as it is based on the Carmen Sandiego% software program. This playful mystery involves junior ACME detectives, Ben, 11, and Maya, 9, in a search for the thief who absconded with the colors from the Painted Desert. Wordplay abounds as the sleuths go from California to Arizona, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, Utah, and Alaska eliminating such unsavory suspects as Dee Molish, Freda D. Darke, and Nell N. Void. A wee bit of geography is tucked in as the duo travels about and technology that is?or will be?or sure would be nice?is common place. This book could be just the thing for some reluctant readers who are witty enough to follow and enjoy the wordplay. Libraries where kids and computers mingle and where the software is popular are the most likely to want this addition, but the mystery stands alone for those who are tired of David Adler's "Cam Jansen" and Donald Sobol's "Encyclopedia Brown" books.?Jody McCoy, Lakehill Preparatory School, Dallas, TX
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Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Bt Bound (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613047605
• ISBN-13: 978-0613047609
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Ellen Weiss has lost count of how many kids' books she's written, that's how long she's been doing it. There are probably over 200, from board books to chapter books to middle-grade novels, fiction and nonfiction, silly and serious. They have won many awards, and have been adapted into a Disney TV movie and a BBC radio play. Two of them, THE TAMING OF LOLA and PORKY AND BESS, were named Bank Street Best Books of 2010. She loves to collaborate, and she often writes with her husband, Mel Friedman. She also loves to rescue stray dogs, but she had to stop when the aforementioned Mel Friedman told her he would divorce her if she brought home one more filthy, un-housebroken, weird mutt.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very exciting and interesting mystery!, May 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Color Me Criminal (Carmen Sandiego Mystery) (Paperback)

This is a very exciting mystery. It keeps me in suspense. The detectieves in the story were very smart and brave. The thieves were crafty. This story takes the reader to a tour in some parts of USA.