It Happened on a Train
It Happened on a Train
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It Happened on a Train

Written by Mac Barnett & illustrated by Adam Rex
Book #3 in the Brixton Brothers Series
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8 - 12
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304
Page count
620L
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Sep 18, 2012
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Steve Brixton is in retirement, and not even grand theft auto can bring him back for one last job. Period, the end, that’s that. Right After finding out that his favorite author (and author of the definitive Bailey Brothers Guidebook) was not the man Steve thought he was, the Brixton Brothers detective agency is officially out of business. Steve has a new job now: taking out the trash for five bucks a week. But when he and his best chum Dana take a train trip down the California coast, he’s caught up in a mystery that involves a fleet of stolen automobiles, a vanishing girl, and a phantom train car. For fans who want their Hardy Boys with a sprinkle of laugh-out-loud humor.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781416978206
    Publication Date
    September 18, 2012
    Publisher
    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
    Page Count
    304
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2011009114
    Lexile® Level
    620L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~O
    ATOS® Book Level
    4
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    147221
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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