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The Unknowns: A Mystery by Benedict Carey

by on Apr.11, 2010, under Mystery, Sam's Reviews, Thriller

unknownsWho would like this book? This book is great for people who love mysteries and math.

Why? Eleven-year-old Di (short for Diaphantha) lives in a dilapidated trailer park town called Folsom Adjacent, which shares a desolate island with the Folsom Energy Plant. Di and her misfit friend, nicknamed Tom Jones, know how to survive by hiding and fending for themselves. Their favorite neighbor, Malba Clarke, helps them with their math homework while telling them stories of her travels. When Mrs. Clarke becomes the third person to mysteriously disappear from Adjacent, Di and Tom know that they must act, especially when they discsover that she has left them a mathematical clue made from straws and a salt shaker. As they use their knowledge of geometry to decipher her clues, Di and Tom must use all of their wits and muster lots of courage to face underground tunnels, evil adults, a trash mountain, and cliffs above crashing waves. Their ingenuity and pluck work well with the narrative voice, an unidentified resident of Adjacent with the inside scoop. Reading this book is like sitting at Mrs. Clarke’s table, finding out how right triangles, pi, and slopes work while bring distracted by a rip-roaring story. Pull up a chair!

The details: 259 p. 2009  Submitted by Samrarian


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