The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries)

My 3rd grade, 8 year old daughter loves this whole series. She will read 1 book in less than 2 days and ask for the next one!!

I bought this as an introduction to mystery novels for my students.They loved it.It's easy to read and has great illustrations. It has a few challenging vocabulary words, but that works well in a school setting.One of my students went to buy the rest of the books after reading this one.So if you're looking for a school book, or a budding reader, this is a great choice.

My grandson (9) loved reading this book and is wanting the next one in the series.

These adventures are so cool and exciting and liked by all the children I read them to. They are always looking forward to the next adventure book to read along with. There are many adventure choices out there. Your child will be happy to start his/her adventures. I'm now getting ready to purchase the next set - Letter "B."

It was very entertaining! It's a great book! I'm going to keep reading the series.

My son's teacher tells me he reads a grade level ahead--he is an 8 year old second grader, and I try to encourage him as much as I can. The only 'problem' is we are a bunch of readers in my house and my youngest frequently earns the title of 'contrary-boy' as he will specifically choose to do things his own way. I have (multiple times) feared he would balk at reading just to be different. Thankfully, it hasn't gotten that far but he does balk at reading a lot of the books his brother was interested in at the same age (Pokemon--no loss there, Magic Tree House, Boxcar Children etc). On the other hand, he will try some of the books his older brother will read NOW, like the Wimpy Kid books.In any case, trying to find a book series he will like, that are age appropriate, and he won't ignore because I'm too happy about it can be a challenge. No "hey look honey at the wonderful book isn't it great!!!". More the "eh, a book, I'll just leave it here and maybe you'll like it".Now, oddly enough, my older son declined reading the A to Z books--I can't remember if they were offered to him too early/too late, or he just didn't like them. I decided to give this one a try and my youngest absolutely adored it and finished it in one sitting. Amazing!!So, I give this one the "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED" label, with the caveat that all children are different and have different tastes. This one defintely has appeal and is worthwhile, but if your kiddo doesn't like it, well keep trying!JTG

A to Z Mysteries series is a wholesome, funny bunch of mystery stories that have enough twists and turns to keep my daughter interested, and enough clues that she can mostly solve the mystery before Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. In the books these kids are always trying to help others and do the right thing. Author has mastered this art very well and these books convey this message very effectively to our kids. There's nothing scary in these books, the chapters are short, and everything wraps up nicely at the end of each book.We wanted to give our daughter books that are not very big but characters and stories that would keep her engaged. She loves the characters and can easily relate to them. She even dressed like Ruth Rose when there was character day in her school. We have most of these books and she is eager to get the ones that she doesn’t and complete the set.Moral of each book: good guys win, bad guys lose.

This book was very good! It was very mysterious and I really liked that! I will continue to read the rest of the series 😆 - my 10 year old son rated this book

Bought this for our 8 yr. old grandson for Christmas and he loved it! Perfect for this age group!

The media could not be loaded. I like this book a lot

YL：3.5Lexile指数：510L語数：8,517語「The Absent Author」という題名からわかる通り、A to Z Mysteriesの第一作目です。自分はYL3.0前後をうろついている多読初心者ですが、なんとか読むことができました。最初読み始めた時はちょっとこれ読めるかな？と不安でしたが、読み進めていくうちに物語にグイグイ引き込まれてあっという間に読んでしまいました。新しいシリーズを読むときは作者の英語のクセもあるので、最初は少し読みづらいと感じたのかもしれません。平均で３〜４ページに１つの割合で挿絵が書かれています。Louis SacharのMarvin RedPostシリーズと比べると、やはりレベルが一個上だなと感じますね。100ページ近くあって400円前後（Kindleなら300円！）で買えるのはかなりお得だと思います。Oxford BookwormsやPenguin Readerとかだと倍近い値段はしますからね。タドキストにはとても優しいシリーズなので、全巻読破しようと思います。

It's only 90 pageslong but ok

物語の設定は子供じみているが、意外と物語の中に引き込まれていった。