Aven Green Sleuthing Machine
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- Author：Dusti Bowling
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Summary
Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a really long time—a whole month！
She’s solved many important cases like The Mystery of the Cranky Mom， The Mystery of the Missing Ice Cream， and The Mystery of the Smelly Feet。 Her record is nearly 100% （only The Mystery of the Cereal in My Underpants remains unsolved to this day）。 Aven asks all the right questions， wields her detective kit carefully， and follows up on every clue。 Then her teacher’s lunch bag （with her lunch still in it） is taken and Aven’s great-grandma’s beloved dog goes missing！ Can this perceptive detective crack two cases at the same time？ Luckily， Aven has a super-powered brain full of lots of extra brain cells to take on both cases。 See， she was born without arms， so all of the cells that were supposed to make her arms went into making her brain instead。 At least that’s her working theory for The Mystery of Why I Have So Many Extra Brain Cells。
She’s solved many important cases like The Mystery of the Cranky Mom， The Mystery of the Missing Ice Cream， and The Mystery of the Smelly Feet。 Her record is nearly 100% （only The Mystery of the Cereal in My Underpants remains unsolved to this day）。 Aven asks all the right questions， wields her detective kit carefully， and follows up on every clue。 Then her teacher’s lunch bag （with her lunch still in it） is taken and Aven’s great-grandma’s beloved dog goes missing！ Can this perceptive detective crack two cases at the same time？ Luckily， Aven has a super-powered brain full of lots of extra brain cells to take on both cases。 See， she was born without arms， so all of the cells that were supposed to make her arms went into making her brain instead。 At least that’s her working theory for The Mystery of Why I Have So Many Extra Brain Cells。
Reviews
Gail
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Great young elementary chapter book。 Aven is inquisitive， confident and a fun young detective。
Kim
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Aven from Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus is introduced to younger kids。 Aven is 8 and she is a private investigator。 Cute early chapter book with giggles。
Pam
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Readers meet Aven Green， a young girl who wants to be a PI。 She offers examples of all the cases she has solved and then rolls into solving two more in this story。 Her grandmother's dog is missing and someone is stealing food at her school。 The cases merge， and with help from friends and her teacher， she solves both at once。 Plenty of humor for mid-elementary level readers。 Great launch for this series。 Readers meet Aven Green， a young girl who wants to be a PI。 She offers examples of all the cases she has solved and then rolls into solving two more in this story。 Her grandmother's dog is missing and someone is stealing food at her school。 The cases merge， and with help from friends and her teacher， she solves both at once。 Plenty of humor for mid-elementary level readers。 Great launch for this series。 。。。more
Lisa
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This book is great for early chapter book readers。 As a grown-up， I was laughing out loud but kids will find humor in it too。 The main character， Aven is funny， loves dessert and follows her own path in life。 I can't wait for the second book！ This book is great for early chapter book readers。 As a grown-up， I was laughing out loud but kids will find humor in it too。 The main character， Aven is funny， loves dessert and follows her own path in life。 I can't wait for the second book！ 。。。more
Jan
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This is a great introduction for young readers to the wonderful Aven Green。 This first book， and the next two that follow， will give them plenty of background information on her and her family for when they get a bit older and are able to read the terrific Cactus series。 Love Aven， and looking forward to those next two books。 Eight year old Aven is a marvel！
Teresa
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Aven is in third grade here， but just as irrepressible as she was in the first book。 Her logic and vocabulary are both impressive and sometimes shaky。 （"Alleged--I think it means pretend"）The mystery aspect is a little weak， but her personality and the school/friendship stuff is great， and just seeing Aven in action is a blast。 Aven is in third grade here， but just as irrepressible as she was in the first book。 Her logic and vocabulary are both impressive and sometimes shaky。 （"Alleged--I think it means pretend"）The mystery aspect is a little weak， but her personality and the school/friendship stuff is great， and just seeing Aven in action is a blast。 。。。more
Paula
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Fans of the book Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus will recognize the main character （Aven Green） in this early chapter book series。 Aven was born without arms， but with a cutting sense of humor and a passion for solving mysteries。 This book will truly appeal to young readers with hilarious references to poop， farts， and 'hen droids'！ Cam Jansen and Horrible Harry need to make room for this new fantastic and funny sleuth。 Excited for this new series for our early middle grade readers。 Fans of the book Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus will recognize the main character （Aven Green） in this early chapter book series。 Aven was born without arms， but with a cutting sense of humor and a passion for solving mysteries。 This book will truly appeal to young readers with hilarious references to poop， farts， and 'hen droids'！ Cam Jansen and Horrible Harry need to make room for this new fantastic and funny sleuth。 Excited for this new series for our early middle grade readers。 Highly recommend！！ 。。。more
GNRLibrary
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Aven Green is a character that everyone can enjoy; she is funny， sometimes naughty， has friends （and an enemy）， and was born without any arms。 This fact does not stop her from doing all the things a normal 3rd grader would do。 It is a fact that creates challenges， but Aven is more concerned with sleepovers， school， and most importantly solving mysteries。 This is a great first installment in what is expected to be a new series。
Christina
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Animated bookstagram: https://www。instagram。com/p/CTDWPuOD7。。。Eight-year old Aven hasn’t met a case she couldn’t solve！ AVEN GREEN SLEUTHING MACHINE is an absolute riot！ With endearing cartoon illustrations by Gina Perry gracing practically every page and an undeniably witty， outgoing， and spunky third-grade narrator， early chapter book readers will be hooked immediately after just glancing at the hilarious chapter titles！ The humor continues as Aven shares her impressive track record of expert Animated bookstagram: https://www。instagram。com/p/CTDWPuOD7。。。Eight-year old Aven hasn’t met a case she couldn’t solve！ AVEN GREEN SLEUTHING MACHINE is an absolute riot！ With endearing cartoon illustrations by Gina Perry gracing practically every page and an undeniably witty， outgoing， and spunky third-grade narrator， early chapter book readers will be hooked immediately after just glancing at the hilarious chapter titles！ The humor continues as Aven shares her impressive track record of expert detective work and brings readers along through her inquisitive， determined personality—and extensive sleuthing vocabulary—as she looks for her great-grandmother’s missing dog。 Her limb differences can’t， won’t， and don’t stop her！ After audible chuckles and smiling so much it hurt， I’m so eager to see what she’s up to next in AVEN GREEN BAKING MACHINE！ 。。。more
Jasmine
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Aven Green is a third grader who pretends to be a private eye but ends up actually solving mysteries。 I don't mean like that trope where the young kids help a detective find the bank robber。 I mean she figures out who steals her teachers lunch bag and finds her grandmother's lost dog。 And incidentally， Aven Green has no arms。 It's brought up right in the beginning of the story in a very matter-of-fact tone and we get a glimpse of her life as a person with no arms without the book being about the Aven Green is a third grader who pretends to be a private eye but ends up actually solving mysteries。 I don't mean like that trope where the young kids help a detective find the bank robber。 I mean she figures out who steals her teachers lunch bag and finds her grandmother's lost dog。 And incidentally， Aven Green has no arms。 It's brought up right in the beginning of the story in a very matter-of-fact tone and we get a glimpse of her life as a person with no arms without the book being about the fact that she has no arms。 She doesn't struggle in life and overcome something。 She's not teased by her classmates。 She's just a character who has no arms。 It's very normalizing。The next book in this series comes out next month and it's called Aven Green Baking Machine。 So is this series actually about a third grader with ADHD jumping from one hyper fixation to the other？ Because I am here for this。 。。。more
Danielle Hammelef
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I previously "met" Aven in this author's books and absolutely fell in love with her humor， sarcasm， and larger-than-life personality， so I knew I needed to have more Aven in my life。 This book is filled with friendship， family， and LOL humor and I already have the next book ready to read。 Dusti Bowling is an auto-buy author for me and this book added my favorite illustrator too--Gina Perry。 The illustrations within the chapters compliment the story and younger readers （young at heart too） will e I previously "met" Aven in this author's books and absolutely fell in love with her humor， sarcasm， and larger-than-life personality， so I knew I needed to have more Aven in my life。 This book is filled with friendship， family， and LOL humor and I already have the next book ready to read。 Dusti Bowling is an auto-buy author for me and this book added my favorite illustrator too--Gina Perry。 The illustrations within the chapters compliment the story and younger readers （young at heart too） will enjoy seeing Aven and the others pop to life on the pages。 。。。more
Tara Ethridge
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Cute mystery book that would be perfect for 3rd graders。 Fast-moving book with a cute mystery of missing food items and a missing dog （you do the math！） but filled with sweet friendship moments， a nice teacher and most of all the great character of Aven。 This is the same character in the middle grade novel called Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus， and Aven was born with no arms so she figures out ways to do stuff with her feet。 I loved the representation in this book of Aven as a char Cute mystery book that would be perfect for 3rd graders。 Fast-moving book with a cute mystery of missing food items and a missing dog （you do the math！） but filled with sweet friendship moments， a nice teacher and most of all the great character of Aven。 This is the same character in the middle grade novel called Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus， and Aven was born with no arms so she figures out ways to do stuff with her feet。 I loved the representation in this book of Aven as a character and how having no arms doesn't slow her down one bit （and a cool extra of a friend with a celebrated unibrow！）， but I had to mentally switch to reading about Aven at a younger age from the depth of the middle grade novel。 Still worth it and this is a great book。 Thinking already that readers can move to the longer novel as they grow up and will already have a connection to Aven。 。。。more
Jane
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Cute， but the solution to the puzzle is obvious and takes too long for it to be resolved。 For the intended audience age range 7-9 years old， this might be a good read。
Danielle
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Alma and Otto approved。
Michele Knott
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I adore this character。
Erin
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The younger version of Aven Green does not disappoint！ She is as spunky as Junie B。 Jones but with an older approach， since she is a 3rd grader。 I loved getting to know her younger self after reading the two midgrade novels about her。 This is a fantastic book。 Can't wait for the second installment！ The younger version of Aven Green does not disappoint！ She is as spunky as Junie B。 Jones but with an older approach， since she is a 3rd grader。 I loved getting to know her younger self after reading the two midgrade novels about her。 This is a fantastic book。 Can't wait for the second installment！ 。。。more
Nicki
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Third grader， Aven， helps solve the mystery of her Grandma's lost dog。 Cute story。 Third grader， Aven， helps solve the mystery of her Grandma's lost dog。 Cute story。 。。。more
Hoover Public Library Kids and Teens
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Aven is a smart and confident 8-year-old who happened to be born without arms。 Does that let her stop her？ Never。 This is #1 in a prequel series to Bowling's Life of a Cactus novels。 Aven is a smart and confident 8-year-old who happened to be born without arms。 Does that let her stop her？ Never。 This is #1 in a prequel series to Bowling's Life of a Cactus novels。 。。。more
Rebecca Roos
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I read this to my 6 year old and she loved it！ She loved the words she learned from Aven and laughed so many times as we read。
Christina
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Wish I liked this more， considering how great INSIGNIFICANT EVENTS was。 However， too much gross-out humor for me。
Kyla Bell
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I read this to my third graders！ In library they read Events in the Life of a Cactus so they had a background about Aven。 But going forward I’m going to read this one first。 Aven is in third grade in the novel。 In Life of a Cactus she is around 11。 So I think this is more appropriate for third grade。 I think my students will be so in love with the character of Aven they will read Life of a Cactus on their own in fourth or fifth grade。 The chapters are short and sweet。 You could finish in a week I read this to my third graders！ In library they read Events in the Life of a Cactus so they had a background about Aven。 But going forward I’m going to read this one first。 Aven is in third grade in the novel。 In Life of a Cactus she is around 11。 So I think this is more appropriate for third grade。 I think my students will be so in love with the character of Aven they will read Life of a Cactus on their own in fourth or fifth grade。 The chapters are short and sweet。 You could finish in a week if you read 4 chapters a day。 。。。more
Jennifer
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This is a solid 3。5 stars so I hate to round it down to 3。 This book had us laughing， I love that some of the characters are diverse， and of course it does some great things for disability awareness。 But the plot， to me， was disappointing。 The mystery and its solution were not smart enough。 （My 8-year-old daughter guessed the ending on the same page that the actual mystery portion began。） We are enthusiastic about reading the next book but I'm really hoping for more "wow" in the next storyline。 This is a solid 3。5 stars so I hate to round it down to 3。 This book had us laughing， I love that some of the characters are diverse， and of course it does some great things for disability awareness。 But the plot， to me， was disappointing。 The mystery and its solution were not smart enough。 （My 8-year-old daughter guessed the ending on the same page that the actual mystery portion began。） We are enthusiastic about reading the next book but I'm really hoping for more "wow" in the next storyline。 [Side note--I have heard really great things about the author's original work， Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus， and my daughters （8 and 15） really like that one。] 。。。more
Donna
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Challenge: Reading Goal Posts/Stacking the Series - Priority Three/Tier Seven。 A younger Aven Green than in the 'Cactus' series， the budding investigator exhibits hyperbolic excitement and awe of the newly experienced in life。 Her self confidence is bolstered by adoptive parents who impart to their daughter the will to do anything Aven wants regardless of having no arms。 Aven's braggadocios personality is contrasted by her new classmate， Sujata， whose shy demeanor， calm courage， and unassuming i Challenge: Reading Goal Posts/Stacking the Series - Priority Three/Tier Seven。 A younger Aven Green than in the 'Cactus' series， the budding investigator exhibits hyperbolic excitement and awe of the newly experienced in life。 Her self confidence is bolstered by adoptive parents who impart to their daughter the will to do anything Aven wants regardless of having no arms。 Aven's braggadocios personality is contrasted by her new classmate， Sujata， whose shy demeanor， calm courage， and unassuming intelligence earn the respect of her new friends。 A bit too much body humor brings this chapter book down a notch from its underlying use of Aven's investigative mind that illustrates how even the smallest thing is worthy of observation and inquiry。 。。。more
Jennybeast
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I loved Aven in Insignificant Events， but this younger version doesn't charm me -- she's kind of bratty and obnoxious。 I particularly didn't enjoy her not-so-subtle comments about kids she thinks aren't as smart as her。 Perhaps a younger audience will enjoy her adventures， but despite the appealing illustrations and format， it just didn't work for me。 I loved Aven in Insignificant Events， but this younger version doesn't charm me -- she's kind of bratty and obnoxious。 I particularly didn't enjoy her not-so-subtle comments about kids she thinks aren't as smart as her。 Perhaps a younger audience will enjoy her adventures， but despite the appealing illustrations and format， it just didn't work for me。 。。。more
Kristen
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I'm really glad this book exists。 Disability representation in kid's books， especially in early chapter books， is incredibly low。 Aven is a great character that young readers will relate to and root for。 There's a level of--I'm not quite sure the right word--"silliness？" "zaniness？" in here that doesn't really work for me as an adult reader， but I think the target audience will enjoy。 I'll definitely be recommending readers dipping into chapter books try reading about Aven Green。 I'm really glad this book exists。 Disability representation in kid's books， especially in early chapter books， is incredibly low。 Aven is a great character that young readers will relate to and root for。 There's a level of--I'm not quite sure the right word--"silliness？" "zaniness？" in here that doesn't really work for me as an adult reader， but I think the target audience will enjoy。 I'll definitely be recommending readers dipping into chapter books try reading about Aven Green。 。。。more
Dara Yoder
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Cute series based on the wildly popular middle grade book Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - follows the main character， armless and hilarious， Aven Green！ I read this to my 10 year old and we had a blast reading it！ We will be sure to get the next book in the series when it comes out in the fall！#bookposse
Mackie Welch
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I love Aven Green！ And so glad she can be enjoyed by younger audiences。
Kate
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Loved the humor in this one。 A perfect read-aloud for us。
VillaPark Public Library
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