blakehalsey's review
Great mystery for young adults. Fun, quirky, and interesting.
elinacre's review against another edition
4.0
fun first book in the series!! good mystery with some real life math lessons ;)
lynnmarie78's review against another edition
4.0
a fun mystery. I love these girls. Move over Nancy Drew!
gabs_myfullbookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
This is a laugh out loud mystery which had me giggling from the very beginning! Even the chapters have hilarious names.
I hadn't really read an honest-to-goodness mystery in a while, so I checked this book out at my library after Goodreads recommended it to me. I started reading it and I was hooked. The narrator, Sophie, is extremely funny. So is Mr. Eliot. He made a comment about 'Randy Bob Shakespeare' that had me snorting in laughter. All the girls have their own unique talents, as well as their own unique flaws, and all of them are easy to relate to. The teachers are actually pretty cool in this story as well. I wish some of my seventh grade teachers had been as nice as this. And any story that can successfully integrate the pythagoream theorem into juvenile fiction is a winner in my book.
The plot was not as predictable as it may seem at first. I could see a few people guessing it, but in a lot of mysteries, the ending of the story is so obvious that a two year old could figure out the ending. It wasn't like that in here.
So, all in all, it was a fun mystery that had me turning page after page. It's a great mystery for kids and teens.
This review can be found on http://myfullbookshelfreviews.blogspot.com/
I hadn't really read an honest-to-goodness mystery in a while, so I checked this book out at my library after Goodreads recommended it to me. I started reading it and I was hooked. The narrator, Sophie, is extremely funny. So is Mr. Eliot. He made a comment about 'Randy Bob Shakespeare' that had me snorting in laughter. All the girls have their own unique talents, as well as their own unique flaws, and all of them are easy to relate to. The teachers are actually pretty cool in this story as well. I wish some of my seventh grade teachers had been as nice as this. And any story that can successfully integrate the pythagoream theorem into juvenile fiction is a winner in my book.
The plot was not as predictable as it may seem at first. I could see a few people guessing it, but in a lot of mysteries, the ending of the story is so obvious that a two year old could figure out the ending. It wasn't like that in here.
So, all in all, it was a fun mystery that had me turning page after page. It's a great mystery for kids and teens.
This review can be found on http://myfullbookshelfreviews.blogspot.com/
librariann's review against another edition
3.0
Ages 10+ (some mild language, a first kiss)
Mysteries aren't my thing, but this puzzle-enhanced treasure hunt will appeal to kids.
Mysteries aren't my thing, but this puzzle-enhanced treasure hunt will appeal to kids.
daisycakesco's review against another edition
4.0
At first I felt that the girls' voices sounded a bit older than their ages (7th grade), but that stopped bothering me and in the end I just enjoyed the mystery and the puzzles therein. While Margaret is perhaps a tad unrealistic, in her astounding knowledge of math and latin quotations, I doubt that will bother many young readers and they'll just do as I did and enjoy the story. I'm looking forward to further adventures of the Red Blazer Girls!
hisaacson's review against another edition
4.0
Full review at:http://hollybooknotes.blogspot.com/2009/03/ya-weekend.html
tcbueti's review against another edition
4.0
What fun! Love the smart, funny narrator and her friends as they solve a 20-year-old puzzle, sneaking around a NYC church, texting, riding subways and meeting at their favorite coffee spot. Nancy Drew lives, but she's hip and imperfect.
The mystery was just puzzling enough. Love that it includes math!
The mystery was just puzzling enough. Love that it includes math!
jessalynn_librarian's review against another edition
3.0
A fun mystery for the middle school set - especially kids that enjoy solving puzzles as they go along. The audio version was a little disappointing - some overly fake accents and such - but it might go over better with kids. I might continue with the series, but in print.