Roll Call (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [Library Binding]

Malcolm Rose (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 13, 2005

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Luke Harding and his robotic assistant, Malc, investigate a series of murders in which there are no traces of a murder weapon, and the only thing the victims seem to have in common is their name.

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KLIATT
The combination of forensic investigation and futuristic genres is a promising mixture for this series...

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Malcolm Rose is the author of more than twenty-five novels for young adults. A former professor of chemistry, he is a well-known crime and thriller
writer. Rose has won many awards over the years, including the Angus Book Award for Tunnel Vision and the Lancashire Book of the Year Award for Plague. His first book in the Traces series, Framed!, was selected as a 2006
Best International Book by the International Reading Association. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Library Binding: 224 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (October 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1417687037
• ISBN-13: 978-1417687039
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I certainly learned a lot about the intriguing world of forensics, October 3, 2005

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Gary H. Cassel "Flamingnet Teen Book Reviews" (Baltimore, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roll Call (Traces) (Paperback)

Amidst the hottest summer on record in a futuristic Britain, a young woman dies seemingly naturally. Though her ordeal was long and painful, no traces of poison were found in her system. Soon after, another woman is stabbed with an unknown object that leaves absolutely no trace. And yet another woman dies in a sauna from an unknown poison. What do the victims have in common? Their name: Emily Wonder. Forensic investigator Luke Harding and his robotic sidekick, Malc, are assigned to the case. Soon another young Emily Wonder vanishes and Luke must rescue her before a wall of water consumes London. The book takes you on a roller coaster ride through poisons that leave no trace, rare diseases, and delicacies that can kill you.

The book was very good, and it is by far infused with the most forensics of any in the Traces series. I certainly learned a lot about the intriguing world of forensics from this incredibly informational book. The book left me wondering until the climactic end. The perilous journey even touches on the science of tsunamis, which shows the book's wide coverage of subjects. Malcom Rose does a superb job of mixing fact with some of the most interesting mysteries I have read in the Traces series.

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