The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas
(Book #1 in the Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars Series)
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Rated 4 starsCourtesy of Teens Read Too
Everyone loves a good mystery, and there are no better mysteries than those involving Sherlock Holmes. In his newest case, Holmes is hired to investigate a murder at a local circus and calls upon his new assistants - The Baker Street Irregulars - for help. The Baker Street Irregulars are a group of young orphan boys who live very near Mr. Holmes. Led by the two oldest boys, Ozzie and Wiggins, they improve their own detective...
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Rated 5 starsA Clever Way to Introduce Young Readers to Sherlock Holmes
On a chilly, wet day, in the heart of London's posh West End, two hungry street urchins stand on a corner begging for spare change. Wiggins, the leader of the Baker Street Irregulars, huddles with newcomer Osgood "Ozzie" Manning across from 221B Baker Street, home of the legendary master detective Sherlock Holmes. Ozzie, who recently lost his mother, is a clever and welcome addition to the Irregulars. During the day he toils...
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Rated 5 starsA fine set of circumstances receiving much investigation evolves
This new Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars mystery series from Scholastic opens with Fall Of The Amazing Zalindas, the first in a projected series of casebook detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and his young assistants, a band of street urchins who help probe the gruesome deaths of a circus troupe's tightrope walkers. A fine set of circumstances receiving much investigation evolves.
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Rated 5 starsNot just for young readers.
The Fall of the Amazing Walendas (Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars) is a fun book. Don't let the cover throw you. This is a book for all ages and puts faces on the Baker Street Irregulars whom have been referred to in several of Doyle's stories and many more since then. Sherlock Holmes does play a major role though there isn't much of Dr. Watson and the story is told by an unidentified source. (That source...
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Rated 4 starsElementary and my dear Holmes
When I was a kid I loved me my Agatha Christie and Rex Stout. Mysteries were my bread and butter. Today, nothing's different. Kids are just as enamored of adult mysteries as they ever were. And perhaps the most popular detective with the kiddies (as much as I would prefer it to be Nero Wolfe or Hercule Poirot) is Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is hot these days. To what may we attribute this Holmes-loving trend? The rise of such...
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