Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries!
Rosamund's baseball team has a very unusual second base—Oliver’s gloopy purple plastic octopus. But one morning . . . it’s gone! Nate the Great must pick up clues so he can find the missing octopus and go up to bat!
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Subtle humor sparkles through the young detective's narration and his interactions with his friends. Budding mystery fans will line up for this one. --
School Library Journal Praise for the Nate the Great Series ★
“Kids will like Nate the Great.”—
School Library Journal,Starred Review
“A consistently
entertainingseries.” —
Booklist “Loose,
humorouschalk and watercolor spots help turn this beginning reader into a
page-turner.” —
Publishers Weekly “Nate, Sludge, and all their friends have been
delighting beginning readers for years.” —
Kirkus Reviews “
They don’t come any coolerthan Nate the Great.” —
The Huffington PostMARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT has written more than 130 books for children and young adults, as well as movie and TV novelizations. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. The award-winning Nate the Great series, hailed in
Booklistas “groundbreaking,” has resulted in Nate’s real-world appearances in many
New York Timescrossword puzzles, sporting a milk mustache in magazines and posters, residing on more than 28 million boxes of Cheerios, and touring the country in mul³+
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