  | Mastermind plot Author: Frazier, Angie | |
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Summary:
In 1904, Suzanna goes to Boston to see her grandmother and helps her uncle investigate arsons, but hates attending a school for young ladies.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 5.20 Points: 7.0 Quiz: 150487 | Reading Counts Information: Interest Level: 3-5 Reading Level: 4.60 Points: 13.0 Quiz: 57098 | |
Common Core Standards
Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Craft & Structure
Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Craft & Structure
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → Texts Illustrating the Complexity, Quality, & Rang
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → Texts Illustrating the Complexity, Quality, & Rang
Grade 6 → Reading → RL Literature → 6.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade 6 → Reading → CCR College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards fo
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (02/01/12)
School Library Journal (02/01/12)
Booklist (05/01/12)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 02/01/2012 Gr 4–6—This sequel to The Midnight Tunnel (Scholastic, 2011) stands on its own as an appealing mystery with a plucky young sleuth. Suzanna Snow, 11, sets off for Boston to spend time with the grandmother she hardly knows. The city is quite different from her home in a seaside town in New Brunswick but Zanna finds it exciting. Her famous detective uncle, who resents her presence, is on the case of some missing artwork, and Zanna cannot help but investigate as well. Aided by her cousin Will and a testy new schoolmate named Adele, she is partly responsible for solving the mystery. Her prickly relationship with Adele leads to some comical situations as do her lack of skills in terms of how girls in 1904 are expected to behave. Fans of Nancy Springer's "Enola Holmes" series (Philomel) will be happy to add Zanna Snow to their list of quirky, bright, and determined female detectives.—B. Allison Gray, Goleta Public Library, CA - Copyright 2012 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 05/01/2012 Suzanna Snow, last seen at her New Brunswick home in The Midnight Tunnel (2011), is now in Boston, staying with her grandmother. Zanna’s wish to become a detective at the turn of the last century seems a reach, but she’s been inspired by her uncle Bruce, who’s a well-known sleuth. Unfortunately, Bruce disdains Zanna and her dreams. Now that she’s in closer proximity to him, however, she hopes they might form a bond over his latest case—art theft. Then a surprise is revealed, and Zanna gets a better understanding of why she is not Uncle Bruce’s favorite person. The mystery here is a little less kid-friendly than the last book, but Zanna’s partners in crime (classmate Adele and Uncle Bruce’s apprentice, Will) provide solid characters to root for. A dramatic ending adds an extra dollop of excitement. - Copyright 2012 Booklist.
