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The Schoolyard Mystery (Invisible Inc., No. 1; Hello Reader! Level 4) Paperback – September 1, 1994

by Elizabeth Levy (Author), Denise Brunkus (Illustrator)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
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Chip, an invisible boy, and his friends solve the mystery of who took the school ball from the playground
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  1. Reading age
    4 - 8 years
  2. Print length
    48 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Lexile measure
    410L
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.25 x 9 inches
  7. Publisher
    Cartwheel
  8. Publication date
    September 1, 1994
  9. ISBN-10
    0590474839
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0590474832
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About the Author

Elizabeth Levy was born on April 4, 1942, in Buffalo, N.Y. She earned a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Brown University, and a M.A.T. from Columbia University. Before writing full-time, she worked as an editor and researcher in a news department at American Broadcasting Co. and was an assistant editor at a publishing company. Her books cover a wide range of reading levels and subject matter. While Levy obviously writes her books to instruct children, she also says she writes on subjects in which she is greatly interested. Levy is a member of the Authors Guild, Authors League of America, Writers of America, and PEN.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cartwheel; English Language edition (September 1, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0590474839
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0590474832
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 410L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.25 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 23 ratings

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Elizabeth Levy

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Elizabeth Levy is the award-winning author of over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for children and young adults. She is known for the humor and research that she brings to her subjects, from studying stand-up comedy for My Life as a Fifth Grade Comedian, to working with renowned historians for America's Funny but True History and If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution.

Her most recent young adult book, Bringing Down a President, will be released in August 2019.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Gwendolyn Flanagan
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and fun early chapter book.
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2013
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My 7 year old son is a good reader but doesn't like a lot of chapter books because they lack illustrations. This book was perfect for him! Early chapter book with illustrations and an interesting story with fun characters to keep his interest.
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JDTReviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute story!
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2011
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My daughter loved this book, and it is hard to get her to read things. It is a cute little tale of an invisible boy and his friends and how they solve a mystery.

The educational value of the book is good. It teaches problem solving (what steps to take to solve the mystery, how to safely catch the nemesis in the story, how to let people know who Mystery, Inc is and what they do), creativity (making the cards), and life skills (being confident in who you are and what you look like, overcoming shyness, kids with disabiilities <one of the characters is hard of hearing>, kindness to animals, telling the truth, and standing up to bullies when you are being bullied as well as when someone else is.

I would recommend this book for high level readers in the 2nd grade to maybe 3rd grade. The level of reading difficulty might be appropriate for younger fourth graders, but I fear they would find the book to be too "babyish" for them in subject matter.
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R. Grimm
5.0 out of 5 stars first grade book
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2014
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this was a good book. I liked that it was designed like a chapter book but it was easy for a first grader to get through and ended in the same day we started the book. Lots of words on the pages and good pictures for details.
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D. Fitzgerald
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2014
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Held my grandson's interest all the way through.
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Shereese Briggs
5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2013
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My daughter is a voracious reader and trying to stay ahead of her while finding book series that she likes is a challenge. I stumbled across this book and she loved it so much I had to hunt down the others in the series. I wish these books and a lot of other children's books published earlier would be available on the Kindle which goes with her everywhere.
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Renee Mckenzie
1.0 out of 5 stars Not happy with the content
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014
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My daughter is 6, and I like to push my daughter to read chapter books. She was able to read the book with ease however we both did not like the content. My daughter would bring the book to me when she spotted the words stupid, stupider and date.
This did teach me a lesson to preview all books before giving her to read.
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Lo
5.0 out of 5 stars cute story
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2012
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My child enjoys this story. It is also a AR book for those of you who are looking. nice story east read
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Mary E.
3.0 out of 5 stars graded readed
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2012
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The story was little strange, but I got it at a good price. I had to spend a lot of time explaining the story.
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プルメリア姫
4.0 out of 5 stars クラスメイトは透明人間！
Reviewed in Japan on April 16, 2005
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Chipは、家族といった洞窟で水たまりに落ちてしまい
なんと、透明人間になってしまったのです！
親友Justinは難聴で、先生のマイクから音声をひろっている補聴器をつけています。
こんな２人とCharlineの３人が、身体的ハンディを逆手にとって
探偵として大活躍します。
今回は、ビニール製の大型地球儀紛失事件の真相を探ります！
Chipがある日、透明人間になって教室に現れたというのに
これといった騒ぎも起きず、案外周りがクールな対応をしているのが
なんとも笑えました。
主役の３人をはじめ、事件にかかわる先生や他の生徒達が
みんな個性的で、最後まで楽しんで読みました。
英文は大きな文字で書かれていて、ほとんどのページにカラーの挿絵があるので
理解がしやすく、読みやすかったです。
普段、児童書よりＧＲ（レベル２）を多く読んでいるせいもあって
けっこう分からない単語も多かったのですが、
ストーリを見失ってしまうほどではなく、それなりに楽しめました。
語彙1000　総語数3500　ＳＳＳ難易度レベルは２です。
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azfan
3.0 out of 5 stars 透明人間探偵団
Reviewed in Japan on March 27, 2005
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Invisible Incシリーズ第1弾。透明人間になってしまった男の子Chipとその友達JustineとCharleneの仲良し3人組みが主人公の物語。3人組みはInvisible Incを結成し、学校内で起こる事件を解決します。子供向けのほのぼのストーリーですが、3人それぞれに個性があって楽しいです。50ページくらいで字が大きく、絵も多いので、初めて英語の本を読む人でも楽しめると思います。
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