The Fall Festival Fiasco (Math Mysteries #2)
by Aaron Starmer (Author) Marta Kissi (Illustrator)
Solve the math, solve the crime with this new hit middle-grade mystery series
A page-turning mystery brimming with lighthearted intrigue and essential middle-grade math skills, Math Mysteries: The Fall Festival Fiasco by author Aaron Starmer will have readers on the edge of their seats as they unravel the who-done it using math. Perfect for both mystery and math lovers, as well as kids who love puzzles, riddles, brainteasers, and adventure stories!
Autumn has arrived and the fourth graders at Arthimos Elementary couldn't be more excited for the Fall Festival! But when the tickets go missing, the pie eating contest is sabotoged, and a suspiciously humongous pumpkin shows up, will anyone be able to save the day and catch the culprit? The school's best (and only) investigators are on the case, The Prime Detectives--Abby “the Abacus” Feldstein, Cameron “Cam” McGill, and Gabriel “Gabe” Kim. Using arithmetic, geometry, and logic, the Prime Detectives will stop at nothing to figure out who did what, when, and why!
Contains multiple, interlinked mysteries that readers help solve using math. Includes answers showing step-by-step solutions.
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AARON STARMER is the author of more than a dozen novels for young readers. His novels have been translated into multiple foreign languages and have appeared on best of the year lists from Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Public Library, YALSA, Bank Street College of Education, the Chicago Public Library, and School Library Journal. Unlike many authors, he really enjoys math. He lives in Vermont with his wife and two daughters.
MARTA KISSI is a Bath-based illustrator originally from Warsaw. She received her bachelor's degree in illustration animation at Kingston University and her master of arts in visual communication at the Royal College of Art. Her favorite part of being an illustrator is bringing stories to life by designing charming characters and the wonderful worlds they live in. She shares her artist studio with her husband, James, and their pet plant Trevor.
