El secreto de la mansión
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- Author：Lauren Magaziner
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Summary
Carlos Serrano has never solved a mystery in his life。 And he’s counting on you to solve his first one。
On the morning of a big investigation that would save her failing detective agency， Carlos’s mom gets sick with a nasty flu。 But Las Pistas Detective Agency can’t afford to lose this case， or they will close down for sure。 That’s where Carlos—and you—come in。
With the help of his best friend Eliza and her wild little brother Frank， Carlos takes over the investigation。 The mystery involves an eccentric local millionaire， who starts receiving death threats。 It appears someone wants to get their hands on a buried fortune。 However， their search for the culprit is complicated by tricky riddles， cagey suspects， hidden secrets， and dozens of impossible choices。 They need your help！
In this hilarious， interactive， and puzzle-filled adventure， YOU pick which suspects to interview， which questions to ask， and which clues to follow。 Can you help Carlos and his friends figure out who’s sending the death threats， find a lost treasure， and save Las Pistas Detective Agency？ Or will it be case closed？ You pick the path， you crack the case！
On the morning of a big investigation that would save her failing detective agency， Carlos’s mom gets sick with a nasty flu。 But Las Pistas Detective Agency can’t afford to lose this case， or they will close down for sure。 That’s where Carlos—and you—come in。
With the help of his best friend Eliza and her wild little brother Frank， Carlos takes over the investigation。 The mystery involves an eccentric local millionaire， who starts receiving death threats。 It appears someone wants to get their hands on a buried fortune。 However， their search for the culprit is complicated by tricky riddles， cagey suspects， hidden secrets， and dozens of impossible choices。 They need your help！
In this hilarious， interactive， and puzzle-filled adventure， YOU pick which suspects to interview， which questions to ask， and which clues to follow。 Can you help Carlos and his friends figure out who’s sending the death threats， find a lost treasure， and save Las Pistas Detective Agency？ Or will it be case closed？ You pick the path， you crack the case！
Reviews
Cristina Codrescu
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Andres Henty
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Really fun book but I think it’s a bit short even if you choose a long path。 The reason this is 4 stars and not 3 is the fact that when you finish you can come back and reread the book but choose a different path。
Helen Hnin
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First book of the series that I've come to enjoy very much。 I just think that smashing "choose your own story" genre and "mystery solving group of children" genres together are so neat。 Some of the choices were so obvious， of course。 But it still has fun logic puzzels， not to mention the series just get so much better as you read it。 First book of the series that I've come to enjoy very much。 I just think that smashing "choose your own story" genre and "mystery solving group of children" genres together are so neat。 Some of the choices were so obvious， of course。 But it still has fun logic puzzels， not to mention the series just get so much better as you read it。 。。。more
Ellen
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So， um， I guess I've read this book？ This is one of the most popular mystery titles in our elementary school library。 I decided to take advantage of the rare occurrence of it being on the shelf this weekend and take it home。 I don't think I'd remembered it was a choose your own adventure book， but there it is - super over the top， quirky kids solve a mystery when the main character， Carlos， decides to cover for his sick detective mom。 The action is outrageous， half of the clues are puzzles， and So， um， I guess I've read this book？ This is one of the most popular mystery titles in our elementary school library。 I decided to take advantage of the rare occurrence of it being on the shelf this weekend and take it home。 I don't think I'd remembered it was a choose your own adventure book， but there it is - super over the top， quirky kids solve a mystery when the main character， Carlos， decides to cover for his sick detective mom。 The action is outrageous， half of the clues are puzzles， and I understand why the most dramatic teacher in school loves to use it as a read aloud。I feel somewhat guilty saying I've read it - it's a fat book， and you can't read it page for page - but I got to a satisfying conclusion and have explored a bunch more along the way， even dragging my husband in to help me solve some of the puzzles。 It's definitely fun， and I'm sure super entertaining as a read aloud。 And it'll be great to go along with a mystery unit in school。 Thumbs up！ 。。。more
Linda Knauer
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Read with my daughter for her tween book club。 We loved being able to make choices through the story and solve the case。。。。or not。。。 depending on how it goes。 Well written for the 8 to 12 year olds。 Loved it。 😍
Emma
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Finale inaspettato
Carlota
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Este libro me gusta mucho aparte de la trama y los personajes， porque tiene acertijos para resolver
Laura Fornari
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Estuve leyendo este libro estos dias， pero no lo podía poner en Goodreads， por la simple razón de que es un libro tipo "elige tu propia aventura"， entonces es imposible decir por qué página estás sin volver loco a Goodreads， je。 Fue un libro tierno y entretenido， con un buen misterio y plot twist que no vi venir。 Está buena también la motivación interior de Carlos， el protagonista， que querer resolver el misterio no solo por lo típico （la aventura， la intriga， las pistas）， sino para salvar la ag Estuve leyendo este libro estos dias， pero no lo podía poner en Goodreads， por la simple razón de que es un libro tipo "elige tu propia aventura"， entonces es imposible decir por qué página estás sin volver loco a Goodreads， je。 Fue un libro tierno y entretenido， con un buen misterio y plot twist que no vi venir。 Está buena también la motivación interior de Carlos， el protagonista， que querer resolver el misterio no solo por lo típico （la aventura， la intriga， las pistas）， sino para salvar la agencia de detectives de su mamá。 El chico está muy dedicado a salvar y ayudar a su mamá （tanto que， a veces， aunque no tenga ni idea de cómo ser un detective， da todo lo mejor de él para ayudar。 Un verdadero héroe， aunque mi preferida es Eliza <3）。Los acertijos están muy buenos y te dejan pensando un rato。 Si bien en esta primer aventura que tuve mis personajes murieron varias veces （ups jeje） pero al final pude salvar a Guinevere Le Cavalier， no logré descubrir el supuesto tesoro escondido en la mansión。 What a shame :（ así que supongo que voy a tener que leerlo de nuevo y elegir otras opciones， como siempre se hace con estos libros。 Mi única queja es que odio al personaje de Frank， el hermano menor de Eliza。 Entiendo que es un niño más pequeño que Carlos y Eliza （los detectives principales）， pero posta no lo soporto。 A veces descubrió algunas pistas y todo， pero la verdad siento que es una traba en a historia。 Es molesto， arruina los interrogatorios， grita y pone en problemas a los chicos， no entiende que puede perjudicar a Carlos para siempre。。。 en fin， es la descripción perfecta de un nene chiquito， pero posta LO ODIO。 Esperaba que en algunos capítulos apareciera y que en otros no， pero el pendejo siempre estaba :'）Otra queja， que ya no va con la historia， es con la traducción。 Si quieren leer este libro， háganlo en inglés， porque posta es INSUFRIBLE la traducción。 Está bien que la gran mayoría de los personajes sean chicos o adultos medio bobos， pero la traducción les suma a todos 20 puntos más de boludez。 Realmente había momentos que quería romper las páginas de lo feo que sentía que estaban traducidas algunas cosas （no mal gramaticalmente， pero es que aghhh， es inexplicable）。 。。。more
Becky
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First sentence: Rrrrrrriiiiiiinnnnngggg！！！！ Rrriiinnngggggg！ Mom's alarm clock goes off for the second time this morning。 It rattles through my wall。Premise/plot: Long story short: a CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE mystery novel for elementary/middle grades。 Carlos Serrano， our protagonist， is teaming up with his best friend， Eliza， and Eliza's little brother， Frank， to solve mysteries for his mom's detective agency。 The agency is having a bit of trouble。 They need cases--successful cases。 But when hi First sentence: Rrrrrrriiiiiiinnnnngggg！！！！ Rrriiinnngggggg！ Mom's alarm clock goes off for the second time this morning。 It rattles through my wall。Premise/plot: Long story short: a CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE mystery novel for elementary/middle grades。 Carlos Serrano， our protagonist， is teaming up with his best friend， Eliza， and Eliza's little brother， Frank， to solve mysteries for his mom's detective agency。 The agency is having a bit of trouble。 They need cases--successful cases。 But when his mom is too sick to work， well， Carlos decides to play detective。 A choice that will either be hugely successful or total failure。 And part of that depends on you the reader。。。。The case YOU will be helping Carlos （and friends） solve involves a local millionaire receiving death threats。 The first person Carlos [and the reader] will be meeting is the victim of these threats。。。。from there the opportunities abound。 There are dozens of places where the reader will decide what happens next。。。My thoughts: I thought this was a FUN and DELIGHTFUL mystery。 I liked this 'choose your own adventure' aspect to the mystery。 It was well thought out。 Unlike the choose your own adventure Oregon Trail series， Magaziner manages to still tell essentially one cohesive story。 That is， that though the paths may vary， there is only ONE guilty party。 And the clues that you find on *every* path could ultimately help you solve the case。 Or almost every path。 There are still a few paths that end within pages and don't really contribute to the overall story。 But it isn't so much finding the one and only path that will lead you to success。 I appreciated this。 It felt logical to me。 It doesn't matter if person X is interviewed first or third in the line of suspects， the information is going to stay constant。 And you can take multiple paths and get a fully rounded set of clues。 The puzzles。 For some readers the puzzles will be a HUGE bonus。 For me personally， the puzzles were the least favorite aspect of this one。 I didn't really want to actually have to do the puzzles， so I just randomly chose options。 （Well， perhaps not completely random。 My first time through this one， I just picked the first option for every choice。 I then went back and visited other paths。）I would recommend this one。 。。。more
Lisa D
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Cute choose your own adventure book！ Loved it！
Beth Anne
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This was super clever and fun - a 400 page choose your own adventure mystery！ With any of these kinds of stories， the plot is usually the weakest aspect， and while that was true， I did think that the length gave it more depth than normal for this type of story。 Also the tag along little brother was incredibly annoying （but even he made me laugh at least once; I know 8-10 year olds would get a kick out of him）。 I loved that there were tons of endings （mostly bad） and tons of opportunities to figu This was super clever and fun - a 400 page choose your own adventure mystery！ With any of these kinds of stories， the plot is usually the weakest aspect， and while that was true， I did think that the length gave it more depth than normal for this type of story。 Also the tag along little brother was incredibly annoying （but even he made me laugh at least once; I know 8-10 year olds would get a kick out of him）。 I loved that there were tons of endings （mostly bad） and tons of opportunities to figure out what was happening。 The book even took place over multiple days which was really unique。 I solved the mystery part first， then solving the treasure part too a little longer （and had most of the puzzles）。 The puzzles were doable but not too easy， and I had a lot of fun solving them。 I don’t have a kid the right age/interest for this right now， but I do think it would be a great pick for kids in the 8-12 range， especially lovers of mysteries， solving puzzles， and choose your own adventure。 。。。more
12
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Me ha gustado， pero le doy 4 estrellas por me ha parecido muy corto y he resuelto el misterio muy rápido！！🤣
Myria Zhan
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 “Pwomise me you’ll caw Cowe wight now， Carwos！ Pwease！ I don’t want to woose dis case eiber。”bro that's UwU-speak， not sick person speak lolhttps://lingojam。com/Englishtouwu"Promise me you’ll call Cole right now， Carlos！ Please！ I don’t want to lose this case either。""Pwomise me you’ww caww cowe wight now， cawwos！ pwease！ i don’t wawnt tuwu wose thiws case eithew。"Finished it with 4？ tries using the same branch。 Decent， though there's no way to go straight towards the answer on a reread。 Also no “Pwomise me you’ll caw Cowe wight now， Carwos！ Pwease！ I don’t want to woose dis case eiber。”bro that's UwU-speak， not sick person speak lolhttps://lingojam。com/Englishtouwu"Promise me you’ll call Cole right now， Carlos！ Please！ I don’t want to lose this case either。""Pwomise me you’ww caww cowe wight now， cawwos！ pwease！ i don’t wawnt tuwu wose thiws case eithew。"Finished it with 4？ tries using the same branch。 Decent， though there's no way to go straight towards the answer on a reread。 Also no real conclusion。Good friendship with Eliza， wish they had more interactions。 Frank sucks。SPOILERS FROM HERE ON- Otto the landscaper did the second threat （red paint） and is framing Patty by storing the paint at her house。 Later kidnaps Mrs。 - Ivy the daughter is pretending to make up with Mrs。 to get money， she was cut out of the will and needs money to open a noodle/strudle/poodle restaurant with her husband。 Ivy knows the basement entrance* to the treasure。 - Patty's plotting revenge for Mrs。 spreading bad rumors about her previously， but is unlikely to be behind the threats。 In a relationship with Maddock。 - Maddock is overbilling， bad person but probably not behind the threats。 In a relationship with Patty。 - treasure entrance is in the basement， behind/in the closet door （a la Narnia I think）- another entrance is in the toolshed （the toolshed is painted green = green house， first clue） 。。。more
Therearenobadbooks
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This series is an interactive mystery easy and fast to read with lots of humor for young readers。 The main character is a kid who worries for his mom。 She may lose her business and house if they don't solve this case。 So when she gets sick。 He takes over with his best friend and her little brother。The plot is cartoonish and not too serious， thus the fun。 Sometimes to get to the next page you must solve a puzzle and some are challenging for very young readers。 It's a very entertaining series。 This series is an interactive mystery easy and fast to read with lots of humor for young readers。 The main character is a kid who worries for his mom。 She may lose her business and house if they don't solve this case。 So when she gets sick。 He takes over with his best friend and her little brother。The plot is cartoonish and not too serious， thus the fun。 Sometimes to get to the next page you must solve a puzzle and some are challenging for very young readers。 It's a very entertaining series。 。。。more
audrey landry
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O。k。
James Hamilton
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Absolutely LOVED this。 What happens when you combine a kids mystery with a choose-your-own-aventure book。 A FANTASTIC experience。 This was the first time I did this， but I actually drew out a map for how you could read every single page。 I missed a loose end， and that led to it taking a lot longer， but it was so fun to first find one really good ending and then see how the various ones went。 Kudos to Lauren Magaziner for pulling off something so interesting， fun and mysterious， with levels of fu Absolutely LOVED this。 What happens when you combine a kids mystery with a choose-your-own-aventure book。 A FANTASTIC experience。 This was the first time I did this， but I actually drew out a map for how you could read every single page。 I missed a loose end， and that led to it taking a lot longer， but it was so fun to first find one really good ending and then see how the various ones went。 Kudos to Lauren Magaziner for pulling off something so interesting， fun and mysterious， with levels of fun and puzzles。 Cannot wait to read the next 2， and I would love if there were more！ Imagine if there were an adult version for this， but still， this occupied this adult。 。。。more
Kjeld
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A nice story with fun puzzles。 It is every childs dream to be a detective， and this is the perfect possibility to live out that dream。Read it as a goodnight-story for pre-school children， or "read-it-yourself" for younger readers。 A nice story with fun puzzles。 It is every childs dream to be a detective， and this is the perfect possibility to live out that dream。Read it as a goodnight-story for pre-school children， or "read-it-yourself" for younger readers。 。。。more
Blai
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Este libro era un poco dificil pero sin embargo era muy divertido
els
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Pues ya estaría， habían 2 finales， uno en el que no descubrían dónde está cofre， y otro donde sí。 Yo he hecho el primero， y me gustaría hacer el segundo， supongo que lo leeré。 Me ha gustado y ha estado entretenido， sobre todo， cuando tenía que hacer acertijos y demás。 En algunas partes he sentido miedo， y eso significa que las palabras transmiten emociones。 Al fin y al cabo， no deja de ser un libro infantil， y los personajes están poco desarrollados， pero la trama está bien creada。 Supongo que l Pues ya estaría， habían 2 finales， uno en el que no descubrían dónde está cofre， y otro donde sí。 Yo he hecho el primero， y me gustaría hacer el segundo， supongo que lo leeré。 Me ha gustado y ha estado entretenido， sobre todo， cuando tenía que hacer acertijos y demás。 En algunas partes he sentido miedo， y eso significa que las palabras transmiten emociones。 Al fin y al cabo， no deja de ser un libro infantil， y los personajes están poco desarrollados， pero la trama está bien creada。 Supongo que le doy 3。5 estrellas， porque me ha faltado algo， no sé el qué。Haber， actualización:Después de recapacitar， no me gustó este libro， voy a ser breve， es un libro infantil al que le falta trama。 Por eso cambió la puntuación a 2 estrellas。 。。。more
Sara
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A fun read！ I liked the idea of an interactive book where you pick your adventure kind of thing。 The mystery wasn't that interesting though， I wish there were more puzzles than picking a path。 I didn't pass by all the puzzles， so a different read would hit different places but not sure it would be enjoyable after solving the mystery once and knowing the culprit。Overall， nice middle-grade book。 A fun read！ I liked the idea of an interactive book where you pick your adventure kind of thing。 The mystery wasn't that interesting though， I wish there were more puzzles than picking a path。 I didn't pass by all the puzzles， so a different read would hit different places but not sure it would be enjoyable after solving the mystery once and knowing the culprit。Overall， nice middle-grade book。 。。。more
Barb
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As a kid I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books， which is why I picked up MYSTERY IN THE MANSION: Cased Closed。 It was fun and a bit silly， but exactly what I needed this afternoon。 It's definitely a book I'd recommend for kids who love non-scary mysteries and who also enjoy figuring things out。 Some of the paths have fun puzzles while others are a bit more straightforward。 I love that you can read it multiple times and it's different depending on your choices。 As a kid I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books， which is why I picked up MYSTERY IN THE MANSION: Cased Closed。 It was fun and a bit silly， but exactly what I needed this afternoon。 It's definitely a book I'd recommend for kids who love non-scary mysteries and who also enjoy figuring things out。 Some of the paths have fun puzzles while others are a bit more straightforward。 I love that you can read it multiple times and it's different depending on your choices。 。。。more
Zoey
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Mystery In the Mansion is based on Three kids who go on a crazy adventure together to help an old lady to find the person who was sending her death threats and causing her harm and fear。 While the reader gets to make decisions to find the ending， they find more clues they add on more and more continuing throughout the story。 It is a very suspenseful book and has a mystery genre。 I would rate this book 5/5 stars。 I think it was well scripted and has many funny， scary， and strange endings that are Mystery In the Mansion is based on Three kids who go on a crazy adventure together to help an old lady to find the person who was sending her death threats and causing her harm and fear。 While the reader gets to make decisions to find the ending， they find more clues they add on more and more continuing throughout the story。 It is a very suspenseful book and has a mystery genre。 I would rate this book 5/5 stars。 I think it was well scripted and has many funny， scary， and strange endings that are possible to read。 。。。more
Marie
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This was a fun choose your own adventure style mystery that worked well as a family read allowed。 The boys enjoyed solving riddles scattered throughout the book。 We managed to solve the mystery surprisingly quickly， but then we went back and tried out different paths to see what we missed （and to checked out the less than successful endings）。 I recommend this for kids who enjoy choose your own adventure style books and mysteries。
Danielle
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Carlos and his mom are in trouble。 Her detective agency has come on hard times after a disastrous case， and they're struggling to get by。 When Carlos' mom becomes sick and can't follow up on a new case， Carlos takes matters into his own hands in hopes of helping his mom get business going again。My 8yo tried reading this on her own and either didn't get it or hit a wall， so she asked if we could read it aloud。 It was a mess。 I know kids are into potty humor， but the writing left a lot to be desir Carlos and his mom are in trouble。 Her detective agency has come on hard times after a disastrous case， and they're struggling to get by。 When Carlos' mom becomes sick and can't follow up on a new case， Carlos takes matters into his own hands in hopes of helping his mom get business going again。My 8yo tried reading this on her own and either didn't get it or hit a wall， so she asked if we could read it aloud。 It was a mess。 I know kids are into potty humor， but the writing left a lot to be desired and the first 18 pages had more references to poop and butts than I had patience for。 I don't think we've read anything else by this author， and I wouldn't mind if my daughter wanted to try it again， but I was left unimpressed and annoyed after just one section。 。。。more
Katy
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I was excited for this book since it was a choose your own ending style book。 The writing was just too bland， cheesy， and predictable for the age level。
Just Peachy
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（spoilers）Loved the book finished it in one day except i didnt really understand the door puzzle，but got lucky with my choice，an ended up solving the case☺️
Terri Douglas
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Mystery，adventure and being done in the middle of the book？！ This great choose your own adventure mystery showcases 3 sleuths on their way to solving their first mystery。 It has logic puzzles in the book along with the mystery which leads you to the next page。 However solve the puzzle wrong or choose the wrong path your case could be done too quickly。
M-Tear
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decided to include this for my reading guide assignment （INF205 Literature and Other Resources for Children and Young Adults） because of it's format and I spent a good afternoon trying to solve the case。 I took a lot of wrong turns and had to backtrack before I got there， but it was a good time and I'm looking forward to trying to solve the next case in my free time。 decided to include this for my reading guide assignment （INF205 Literature and Other Resources for Children and Young Adults） because of it's format and I spent a good afternoon trying to solve the case。 I took a lot of wrong turns and had to backtrack before I got there， but it was a good time and I'm looking forward to trying to solve the next case in my free time。 。。。more
Jeyb8 Giada
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I Libri-Game si leggono come un libro ma si giocano come un video-game。 La particolarità di questi libri è che una volta conclusi si possono rileggere all’infinito。 La serie “Caso Chiuso” si compone di tre volumi。 si possono leggere separati perché parliamo di volumi autoconclusivi sebbene nei volumi compaiano sempre gli stessi protagonisti。 La prosa di Lauren Magaziner è fluida， semplice e accattivante， le descrizioni dei luoghi e la caratterizzazione dei personaggi è davvero ottima。 Gli enigmi I Libri-Game si leggono come un libro ma si giocano come un video-game。 La particolarità di questi libri è che una volta conclusi si possono rileggere all’infinito。 La serie “Caso Chiuso” si compone di tre volumi。 si possono leggere separati perché parliamo di volumi autoconclusivi sebbene nei volumi compaiano sempre gli stessi protagonisti。 La prosa di Lauren Magaziner è fluida， semplice e accattivante， le descrizioni dei luoghi e la caratterizzazione dei personaggi è davvero ottima。 Gli enigmi non sono impossibili da risolvere ricordiamoci che parliamo di un libro selezionato per una fascia d’età tra i dieci e i quattordici ma， ma， ma sebbene gli enigmi non siano impossibili， non vuol dire che siano semplici o banali al contrario vi faranno perdere un po’ la testa （in senso piacevole）。 Nel terzo volume “Caso Chiuso - Il mistero dello chalet infestato” i tre ragazzi sono ufficialmente assistenti investigativi e vanno sempre a caccia di nuovi misteri， anche se talvolta sembrerebbe che siano i misteri a cercare loro。 La signora Winters proprietaria di un B&B di lusso chiede aiuto ai tre giovani eroi poiché nello chalet della signora Winters sembrerebbe che vi sia una presenza oscura che disturba gli ospiti。 Tutto il caso sarà nelle mani di Carlos， Eliza e Frank che dovranno fare pratica con qualcosa che non sconoscevano， ma riusciranno a risolvere il mistero？ Vi assicuro che vi divertirete tantissimo attraverso questi volumi per cui cosa aspettate？ 。。。more
Boyschool
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Fun choose your own ending book for middle grade。 But the kids in the story lie to adults a lot， and also break in to people’s houses， and steal， so it’s not great if you’re hoping for some morals and values， but if your child understands it’s just being silly， then I guess it’s okay。 It was mostly a lot of fluff and not anything deep or exciting， so my kids only sort of enjoyed it。
Reference
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