Customer Reviews

The Empty Envelope (A to Z Mysteries)

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My 9 year old daughter is willing to shut off the TV and ignore her gameboy when I give her one of the books in the A to Z mystery series. Each of these mysteries presents a story that captures the imagination of the 8-10 year old, and provides them with characters that are "cool" while modelling constructive behavior such as problem solving, cooperation, and respect for others. The three heroes of each story, Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose are kids your kid would like as friends. The author is skilled at presenting the mystery in a way that draws kids in. The clues are laid out in a logical way, as the story unfolds. My daughter has rarely guessed the solution before the end of the story, but she "got it" right along with Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose.

This story starts of with three kids named Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. Dink has received five letters within a week and doesn't know who they're from. As the kids were playing outside during the week the letters were sent, a lady appeared at Dinks front door. She asked for the letters, saying they were hers. Fortunately, the lady didn't get the letters from Dink. Dink soon finds out that there is something special about those letters that he and his friends will soon find out.

I both enjoyed and disliked this book. I liked it because I personally love mystery books and think they're fascinating. Also this book is very entertaining, because as I end a chapter the last sentence makes me want to keep reading it to see what happens next. I disliked the book because I think it needed more detail and more description to make it more exciting, to help make the text or the reader feel what is going on a little better, so they can "be there" instead of just being told.

I liked this book. My favorite part was when someone put the five envelopes in the fridge and pretended a dinosaur named Steggy did it. The envelopes had grape finger prints on them. You'll have to read the book to find out who did it!

by Charity age 8

Dink gets five envelopes and the fifth one has nothing in it. Dink and his friends discover that the other envelopes have clues which leads them to solve the mystery of the empty envelope. What is so special about the fifth envelope?

I like the A-Z Mysteries because ordinary kids can solve big mysteries. Keep up the exciting mysteries Ron Roy.

I recommend A to Z Mysteries The Empty Envelope for second graders because it is interesting. Ruth Rose, Josh and Dink get an envelope. Somebody named Otto Bird sent it to Connecticut instead of Colorado to his assistant Doris Duncan. Instead of putting a regular stamp on the envelope, he puts a regular stamp over a $1,000.00 stamp. I think 2nd graders would enjoy this book because the kids called the cops about the $1,000.00 stamp and the kids tricked the criminals. By Kako

If the author is Ron Roy, the book is going to be a good one. My son who is 9 and has a higher reading level than these books require, loves these books. The A to Z mysteries has three friends who solve mysteries.

The children in this series are realistic and they are the type of children you would want your child associating with. They demonstrate many positive traits.

In this mystery the kids solve a mystery of empty envelopes. This was one of my son's favorite stories in this series.

A nice not-too-scary adventure with students heroes solving the puzzle, very impowering for young people. My daughter loves them and as a teacher I recommend this series for my students.

This book is really good! I like the A to Z mysteries a lot. They make you really excited. I can't wait to get to the end of the book sometimes, so I know what happens.

Dink gets five envelopes and the fifth one has nothing in it. Dink and his friends discover that the other envelopes have clues which leads them to solve the mystery of the empty envelope. What is so special about the fifth envelope?

I like the A-Z Mysteries because ordinary kids can solve big mysteries. Keep up the exciting mysteries Ron Roy.

I liked the book a little. This book is in a series. There are three
main charicters. There names are Dink, Josh,and Ruth Rose.
Josh and Ruth Rose and brother and sister.
Have you ever got five letters and one of them are emty.
Well Josh got five letters and one of them are emty.