Local loco J. Angstrom Snerr Claims someone is stealing his pine needles! Is there really a band of needle-nappers sweeping the forest floors clean? With a high-tech stakeout and some trademark Super Crew sleuthing, our intrepid teens solve another tree-mendous mystery.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6?Based on a popular public radio show, this series set in the near future chronicles the adventures of the Kinetic City Super Crew, seven ambitious young people who travel the world in a tireless quest for "truth, justice, and the perfect deep-dish pizza." In this episode, four of the Crew members receive a call from their friend Mr. Snerr, who claims that the pine needles in his forest in South Carolina are disappearing. Accompanied by their talkative supercomuter ALEC, the kids speed south on the high-tech Kinetic City Express train, quickly nab the pine-needle thieves, and manage to learn quite a bit about forest ecosystems in the process. An afterword explains that all of the Kinetic City Super Crew adventures are based on "real science." Although there is lots of action and silly jokes abound, the book's obvious purpose is to teach, and the Super Crew kids never develop beyond one-note characters. The series may appeal to fans of the radio show, but most kids will see through the gimmick and turn to the nonfiction shelves for good books about science. Several pages of puzzles that may tempt children to write in the book make it more appropriate for home use than for libraries.?Dawn Amsberry, Oakland Public Library, CA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 3^-5. Based on the Kinetic City Super Kids radio show, which uses a fictional format to present scientific ideas, this book is one in a series that follows the KC Express train and its crew of kids as they hurtle across the country solving mysteries. Megan narrates this story; Curtis, Max, and Keisha take their turns in other volumes. It's hard to generate much tension when the mystery is "who stole the pine needles from the forest floor?" , but using some misdirection of suspicion and manipulation of plot, Lloyd does come up with one suspenseful scene as well as some comical lines and a heavily reinforced message about leaving pine needles on the forest floor. An appended puzzle section includes two plant-growth activities, a scrambled word game, and a crossword puzzle. Recommended for communities where the radio show generates demand. Carolyn Phelan
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