Case Closed #2: Stolen from the Studio
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- Author：Lauren Magaziner
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Summary
Lauren Magaziner’s hilarious and high-stakes middle grade series gets a touch of Hollywood glamor！ Pick-your-own-path and puzzle-packed mystery collide in this star-studded sequel in which the reader must help Carlos and his friends solve the disappearance of a famous teen actress。
In this wildly entertaining and interactive adventure， YOU pick which suspects to interview， which questions to ask， and which clues to follow。 You pick the path—you crack the case！
Carlos Serrano needs your help—again！ His mother has received an urgent assignment to find the missing star of a wildly popular TV show， but she won’t let Carlos investigate！
With his genius friend， Eliza， and her little brother， Frank， along for the case， Carlos is excited to examine the studio for clues and interrogate suspects on the set of Teen Witch， but he has to keep his detective work hidden from his mother's laser-sharp gaze。 And just like before， he can’t do it without you！
Can you help Carlos and his friends solve the puzzles and stay out of trouble long enough to save Layla Jay？ Or will it be case closed？
In this wildly entertaining and interactive adventure， YOU pick which suspects to interview， which questions to ask， and which clues to follow。 You pick the path—you crack the case！
Carlos Serrano needs your help—again！ His mother has received an urgent assignment to find the missing star of a wildly popular TV show， but she won’t let Carlos investigate！
With his genius friend， Eliza， and her little brother， Frank， along for the case， Carlos is excited to examine the studio for clues and interrogate suspects on the set of Teen Witch， but he has to keep his detective work hidden from his mother's laser-sharp gaze。 And just like before， he can’t do it without you！
Can you help Carlos and his friends solve the puzzles and stay out of trouble long enough to save Layla Jay？ Or will it be case closed？
Reviews
Jeyb8 Giada
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La prosa di Lauren Magaziner è fluida， semplice e accattivante， le descrizioni dei luoghi e la caratterizzazione dei personaggi è davvero ottima。 All’interno del volume non vi sono delle illustrazioni che permettono al lettore di aiutarsi con il senso visivo questo potrebbe essere una piccola pecca essendo un volume indirizzato ai giovani， ma sicuramente questa mancanza viene accantonata se consideriamo tutte le modalità e tutti i percorsi che sono all’interno del tomo （sono davvero tanti e tutt La prosa di Lauren Magaziner è fluida， semplice e accattivante， le descrizioni dei luoghi e la caratterizzazione dei personaggi è davvero ottima。 All’interno del volume non vi sono delle illustrazioni che permettono al lettore di aiutarsi con il senso visivo questo potrebbe essere una piccola pecca essendo un volume indirizzato ai giovani， ma sicuramente questa mancanza viene accantonata se consideriamo tutte le modalità e tutti i percorsi che sono all’interno del tomo （sono davvero tanti e tutti ben strutturati）。 I protagonisti sono tre giovani investigatori Carlos， Eliza e Frank。 Carlos coraggioso e intraprendente è figlio della proprietaria dell’agenzia investigativa Las Pistas， Eliza è una carissima amica di Carlos ed è un asso per risolvere i misteri e gli enigmi e poi abbiamo Frank il fratello minore di Eliza che， anche se pasticcione aiuta molto nella squadra。 Nel secondo volume “Caso Chiuso - Il mistero dell’attrice scomparsa” Wolfgang Westover noto produttore di Hollywood chiede aiuto alla madre di Carlos la signora Serrano di indagare sulla scomparsa dell’attrice Layla Jay。 La scomparsa dell’attrice è davvero un danno perché senza di lei non è possibile continuare le riprese della serie tv “Una strega al liceo” che è la serie preferita di Carlos ed Eliza e proprio per questo motivo che devono risolvere loro il caso dimostrando di essere dei veri e propri investigatori。 Fatevi conquistare da un’avventura che non ha eguali dove il lettore sarà il vero protagonista！ La lettura di questi libri è consigliata a un pubblico giovane ma questo non vuol dire che non sia adatta anche ai più grandi 。。。more
Nicolas Fitzgerald
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This book was awesome！ Even better than Case Closed #1， it was super funny and had an interesting plot。 （view spoiler）[ Star of the show Teen Witch （Layla Jay） has gone missing！ So Carlos's mom is called to be her agent。 （hide spoiler）] This time， I solved the mystery。 （view spoiler）[ Carlos uses Frank as a stink bomb。 （It works！） Tuggle （the woman who kidnapped Layla Jay） falls to the ground from the horrible stink of the fart。 Frank does it again， and then Carlos grabs the remote from Tuggle This book was awesome！ Even better than Case Closed #1， it was super funny and had an interesting plot。 （view spoiler）[ Star of the show Teen Witch （Layla Jay） has gone missing！ So Carlos's mom is called to be her agent。 （hide spoiler）] This time， I solved the mystery。 （view spoiler）[ Carlos uses Frank as a stink bomb。 （It works！） Tuggle （the woman who kidnapped Layla Jay） falls to the ground from the horrible stink of the fart。 Frank does it again， and then Carlos grabs the remote from Tuggle （which was used to blow up the building） and turns it off。 （hide spoiler）] I think you would enjoy the two books in the Case Closed series。 。。。more
Olivia
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See my full review here: https://www。yabookscentral。com/kidsfi。。。STOLEN FROM THE STUDIO is a fun middle grade mystery with a choose-your-own-adventure plot。 Carlos travels with his mother， a detective， BFF Eliza， and her brother， Frank， to the set of a TV show， Teen Witch， where the star Layla has gone missing。 Carlos's mother doesn't seem to recognize his skill as a detective， so he sets off with Eliza and Frank to solve the mystery on their own。 Readers will flip through the pages as they pick See my full review here: https://www。yabookscentral。com/kidsfi。。。STOLEN FROM THE STUDIO is a fun middle grade mystery with a choose-your-own-adventure plot。 Carlos travels with his mother， a detective， BFF Eliza， and her brother， Frank， to the set of a TV show， Teen Witch， where the star Layla has gone missing。 Carlos's mother doesn't seem to recognize his skill as a detective， so he sets off with Eliza and Frank to solve the mystery on their own。 Readers will flip through the pages as they pick their next steps- sometimes with dead-ends （Case Closed！） and plenty of puzzles to solve along the way。What I loved: The fun of a choose-your-own-adventure is in directing the characters， and this book features a ton of choices。 Aside from the beginning passage which is several pages， the rest are relatively short， no more than a few pages， before you are able to make another choice or solve a puzzle to find out which page to go to next。 The puzzles are a particularly nice touch as they add to the fun with an interactive element to the book （with hints for how to solve if needed）。 The story is engaging， and the mystery will take readers on the path to solve it。What left me wanting more: I found that I kept hitting dead-ends without solving the case， so I had to back-track a lot and pick another path。 I found that it worked best if I used a bunch of book marks， so I could remember where the last step or two I took was。 This could be pretty frustrating but does add to the length of the story the reader experiences in the search to solve the case。 Case Closed does not always mean that the case is solved， but that Carlos got caught and kicked off the case or trapped or something else along those lines。Final verdict: STOLEN FROM THE STUDIO is an engaging middle grade mystery with cool interactive puzzles and choose-your-own-adventure style writing。 Recommend for readers who enjoy stories that you dive into and participate in。Please note that I received an ARC。 All opinions are my own。 。。。more
Engel Dreizehn
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Thank goodness the ebook edition works fabulous with the kindle！ It's another exciting mystery and twist turned adventure with Carlos and the gang trying to solve a case set in a movie studio （kind of unique venue for a mystery caper）。 Encountered several bad endings （some which are hilarious） before finding the "right" path and again we got some clever puzzles abound plus oooo villinary and movie industry legal drama abound！ Thank goodness the ebook edition works fabulous with the kindle！ It's another exciting mystery and twist turned adventure with Carlos and the gang trying to solve a case set in a movie studio （kind of unique venue for a mystery caper）。 Encountered several bad endings （some which are hilarious） before finding the "right" path and again we got some clever puzzles abound plus oooo villinary and movie industry legal drama abound！ 。。。more
Josiah
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How did Lauren Magaziner follow up Mystery in the Mansion， episode one of her Case Closed gamebooks series？ With a sequel that's four hundred seventy-one pages long， eighty-one more than Mystery in the Mansion。 Stolen from the Studio picks up the narrative with Carlos Serrano and his friends Eliza and Frank Thompson on a three-hour car ride to the television studios of Burbank， California。 Solving the LeCavalier mystery a few months back breathed life into Ms。 Serrano's failing Las Pistas Detect How did Lauren Magaziner follow up Mystery in the Mansion， episode one of her Case Closed gamebooks series？ With a sequel that's four hundred seventy-one pages long， eighty-one more than Mystery in the Mansion。 Stolen from the Studio picks up the narrative with Carlos Serrano and his friends Eliza and Frank Thompson on a three-hour car ride to the television studios of Burbank， California。 Solving the LeCavalier mystery a few months back breathed life into Ms。 Serrano's failing Las Pistas Detective Agency， but Carlos's mother isn't pleased that he， Eliza， and six-year-old Frank were sneaking behind her back in order to crack the case， and she doesn't want them doing it again in Burbank。 Executive producer Wolfgang Westover is at his wit's end after Layla Jay， sixteen-year-old star of the popular Teen Witch television program， went missing yesterday。 He fears she's been kidnapped。 At the studio， Carlos feels the familiar urge to dig in and interrogate people connected to Layla， but his mother insists he， Eliza， and Frank wait in another part of the studio while she investigates alone。 Will she ever recognize his aptitude for detective work？ Carlos and friends won't sit idly when there's sleuthing to be done， of course。 There are promising leads pointing every which way， but it's up to you which ones Carlos should follow。 Will he， Eliza， and Frank eavesdrop on his mother's closed-door interview with Westover， where all the major facts of the case will be shared？ It's crucial to gather this information without alerting Carlos's mother。 If she knows he's defying her， she'll implement stronger measures to exclude him from the case。 A kidnapper may be lurking around the studio， and she doesn't want Carlos or his friends in harm's way。 By all accounts， Westover had an amicable relationship with Layla， but the abduction has brought his studio mounds of publicity。 Would he have kidnapped his teen star to boost ratings？ Layla's mother， Miriam， is another suspect; Layla had her ejected from the set more than once， and reports indicate the rift became more serious recently。 Layla's agent， Agatha Tuggle， has also exhibited shifty behavior toward her client， and Brad Bradley， teen co-star of the show， is known to be jealous of Layla's immense popularity。 The temperamental director of Teen Witch， Douglas "Guillotine" Chen， has little affection for Layla， but he seems to dislike everyone。 Are any of these suspects responsible for Layla's disappearance？ You may direct Carlos， Eliza， and Frank's investigation however you choose。 They could wind up in the sub-basement， where the kidnapper has set up an ambush。 He or she might lock Carlos and friends in a room with a bomb programmed to detonate in a few minutes， or lure them onto an isolated set outdoors where no one will hear their screams for help。 Keeping track of all the suspect information is difficult， but it's the only way to find Layla before her abductor gets scared and eliminates her。 What does Louise Jenkins， Layla's teen "stalker"， have to contribute to the investigation？ Westover's niece， Louise was grudgingly allowed to be at the studio even if she made Layla uncomfortable， but has she seen something that could break this case wide open？ Alternatively， could Louise be the kidnapper？ Brad Bradley comes across as a run-of-the-mill Hollywood narcissist， but he's left a paper trail of secret communications that could illuminate who has compelling reason to want Layla out of the picture。 If you make one wrong choice at any juncture it could end Carlos's hope of solving the case， and is likely to cost Layla her life， so you mustn't relax until you're all the way to a positive ending。 That requires hefty helpings of shrewdness and luck， but getting there on your first attempt is doable。Stolen from the Studio lacks the atmospheric moments of Mystery in the Mansion。 The silliness of some endings is just as extreme， and negative endings often seem arbitrary， so the extra eighty-one pages make this sequel feel more tedious than the original。 Grateful as I am that Lauren Magaziner put such effort into a twisty gamebook marketed to mainstream middle-grade readers， I have to admit I felt relieved when I finished the book。 Four hundred seventy-one pages feels like it takes forever when the story lacks originality and does a poor job maintaining a baseline level of realism。 Also， Frank's "contributions" to the investigation don't make up for his constant inappropriate behavior that goes mostly unchallenged by even the adults。 I do like that the hints for the puzzles are more comprehensive than in Mystery in the Mansion， so readers are less likely to get stumped and have to quit the game。 Carlos's ongoing conflict with his mother about his desire to be a detective resolves in a satisfying way if you make it to certain endings， but that's not enough to lift Stolen from the Studio to be even an average book， and I have doubts I'd rate it one and a half stars。 I'll be back for episode three， Haunting at the Hotel， but I'm not sure Lauren Magaziner has the vision to be a great gamebook author。 Not everyone can be the next Edward Packard or Joe Dever。 。。。more
Atharva Mohan
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The adventurous and suspenseful book Case Closed: Stolen From The Studio is written by the whimsical， creative author Lauren Magaziner。 This is a book about how three kids named Carlos， Eliza and Frank help Carlos’s mom find Layla Jay who has been kidnapped when she was rehearsing her play part。 They encounter many unexpected mysterious situations that they have to conquer in order to find Layla Jay。 Do you like reading funny， hysterical and adventurous mystery books？ If so， you should read Cas The adventurous and suspenseful book Case Closed: Stolen From The Studio is written by the whimsical， creative author Lauren Magaziner。 This is a book about how three kids named Carlos， Eliza and Frank help Carlos’s mom find Layla Jay who has been kidnapped when she was rehearsing her play part。 They encounter many unexpected mysterious situations that they have to conquer in order to find Layla Jay。 Do you like reading funny， hysterical and adventurous mystery books？ If so， you should read Case Closed: Stolen From The Studio。 Case Closed: Stolen From The Studio by Lauren Magaziner is the second book in the series of CASE CLOSED。 This outstanding book contains every single detail that a mystery book should have and more。 For example， it has suspense， action， plot twists， red herrings， and intriguing suspects。 All of these characteristics result in one thing: not wanting to stop reading。 Add to this， spell-binding clues and puzzles that tease your brain， and you get total awesomeness。 Everyone enjoys a simple intriguing mystery right？ Well， then take that and multiply it by 50 and you get Case Closed: Stolen From The Studio。 Anyone can read this book starting from young kids about 7-8 all the way through 100-102。 。。。more
Anna Field
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This book was really fun！ I picked it up just out of curiosity off the display at the library without realizing it was a pick your path book。 I had to start over 2 or 3 times but otherwise so much fun！ Loved the clues and riddles you had to solve out on your own to continue the story。
Isaac Peter
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It was very interesting and when I had to decide which path to take I sometimes found not decide
Melissa Marwedel
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Super fun choose your own adventure style book。 I love Frank！ I spent several hours working my way to different endings。 Loved the puzzles！
Aneri
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In the book Case Closed Stolen from the Studio by Lauren Magaziner， the main characters are Eliza， Carlos， Frank， and Carlos's mother。 The mom is a detective and she brought the three kids with her to Hollywood， California to solve a mystery。 A teenage actress named Layla Jay went missing and no one knew where she was。 Layla's mother was freaking out and could not wait one more second。 She needed to find her daughter。 This book is a choose your own path。 The book gives you clues and puzzles and In the book Case Closed Stolen from the Studio by Lauren Magaziner， the main characters are Eliza， Carlos， Frank， and Carlos's mother。 The mom is a detective and she brought the three kids with her to Hollywood， California to solve a mystery。 A teenage actress named Layla Jay went missing and no one knew where she was。 Layla's mother was freaking out and could not wait one more second。 She needed to find her daughter。 This book is a choose your own path。 The book gives you clues and puzzles and you get to choose which path to take。 This entertaining book by Lauren Magaziner is very intriguing。 I love how this story is a choose your own path because it makes it engaging and involves the reader。 The choices create unexpected twists and turns in the plot。 Another part I enjoy is the creative puzzles。 They are tricky， tough， and toilsome。 Furthermore， I loved how the book was very suspenseful。 The suspense leaves the reader wanting to read more。 This choose your own path mystery novel is riveting。 。。。more
RoF
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