The Sherlock Files Books
Book #1
The 100-Year-Old Secret
Written by Tracy Barrett
8 - 12
Reading
age
176
Page
count
157
Words
per page
Mar 30, 2010
Publication
date
Paperback
$7.99
$7.59
Summary
What if you inherited Sherlock Holmes’s book of unsolved cases? Xena and Xander Holmes have just discovered they’re related to Sherlock Holmes and have inherited his unsolved casebook! The siblings set out to solve the cases their famous ancestor couldn’t, starting with the mystery of a prized painting that vanished more than a hundred years ago. Can two smart twenty-first-century kids succeed where Sherlock Holmes could not? Modern technology meets the classic detective story in The 100-Year-Old Secret, the first in Tracy Barrett’s terrific new mystery series that will intrigue young sleuths everywhere!
The Creative Behind the Book
Author
Tracy Barrett is the author of many books for young readers, including the award-winning Anna of Byzantium. She holds a B.A. in Classics from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Medieval Literature from UC Berkeley. Tracy lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is active in the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
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