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

by Bill Doyle (Author)

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Product Description
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.

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

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• 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.com Sales Rank: #1,406,745 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

By	Scott Cameron "pynchonneedsaneditor" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!