Silenced! The 1969 Journal of Malcolm Moorie (Crime Through Time, No. 3) [Paperback]

Bill Doyle (Author), Katie Kelleher (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 12, 2006 | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Crime Through Time, No. 3

Each book in the Crime Through Time series is hosted by a different child member of the famous Fitzmorgan detective family. While the young sleuth unravels a fictional mystery, readers learn about the real historical setting and actual crime-solving methods from the different eras. In sidebar activities, readers take on the role of assistant, helping to crack the case. Breathtakingly suspenseful but never violent and always age-appropriate, the books read like private investigative journals, with photos, maps, news clippings and crime scene sketches. Mal Moorie enters a rural boarding school and finds himself caught up in a dastardly plot involving endangered animals and the new pesticide DDT.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Bill Doyle has worked as a freelance editor and writer at The Discovery Channel, Comedy Central, the American Museum of Natural History, Time For Kids, LeapFrog and Scholastic, among others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (July 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031605738X
• ISBN-13: 978-0316057387
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,262,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bill Doyle grew up in Michigan and wrote his first story--a funny whodunit--when he was eight. Since then he's written other action-packed books for kids, like...
* "Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie" (Random House)
* "The Worst Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure: Everest" (Chronicle)
* Crime Through Time series (Little Brown)
* and the Behind Enemy Lines series (Scholastic).
He lives with two dachshund-headed canines in New York City, and you can visit him online at www.billdoyle.net.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected treat, November 24, 2006

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This review is from: Silenced! The 1969 Journal of Malcolm Moorie (Crime Through Time, No. 3) (Paperback)

THis book caught me off guard. I loved the other two I'd read ("Swindled!" and "Nabbed!"), but since they were set in the early 1900s I guess I just didn't expect for the series to jump ahead to 1969. But what a welcome surprise! It's really cool to read about the 60s (and things like DDT and the early environmental movement) within the context of a fun, surprising mystery. Bill Doyle's done it again. I can't wait for the one set in 2031!