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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2008 · Est. 4 hour read
The 100-Year-Old Secret
Book #1 in the The Sherlock Files series
Two siblings tackle Sherlock Holmes's unsolved mysteries, starting with a century-old missing painting.
3.7/5 Goodreads · 2,290 ratings
176 pages· 27,663 words· Est. 4 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
Xena and Xander Holmes discover they're descendants of Sherlock Holmes and inherit his unsolved casebook. Their first challenge: a century-old mystery of a vanished painting. Can these modern-day sleuths succeed where their legendary ancestor failed? With the aid of twenty-first-century technology, they dive into a world of intrigue and secrets. Will they uncover the truth, or will the mystery remain unsolved? Join the adventure in this thrilling start to a new mystery series.
From the publisher
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!
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- Words
- 27,663
- Reading age
- 8–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 650L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.4
- F&P level
- ~P
- AR points
- 4
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 122356
Publication
- Published
- March 30, 2010
- First published
- May 27, 2008
- Publisher
- Square Fish
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780312602123
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