Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints

Authors: Sobol, Donald J.
Genres: Mystery
Topics: Community
Lexile: 660,
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
BISAC/Subject: JUV028000, JUV045000, JUV007000
ISBN: 9780307781970, Related ISBNs: 0307781976, 0553157396, 9780307781970, 9780553157390
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 96,
Audience: Children/juvenile
Synopsis: A stolen watermelon...

Dueling kites...

A blond wig left at the scene of the crime...

And a smashed wristwatch whose time has run out!

These are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try to crack the cases along with him--the answers to all the mysteries are found in the back!
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