Tuesday, December 12, 2017

The Case from Outer Space by James Preller - ADVISABLE


Preller, James. The Case from Outer Space, illustrated by R. W. Alley.  85 pages.  Feiwel and Friends, 2017.  $15.99.  Language: G.  Violence: G.  Sexual Content: G.
Jigsaw Jones is back!  And for a dollar a day, Jigsaw Jones can make your problems go away.  Danika and Joey find a note from outer space in a book called Messages from Mars.  They got the book from a Little Free Library, where you take and book and leave a book.  At school, their teacher, Ms. Gleason, announces that they are going to have a surprise visitor from far, far away.  Three different clues lead them to Ms. Gleason.  She fesses up to writing the note from outer space, but won’t tell them who the special visitor is until tomorrow when they come to school. 

The mystery guest is the perfect ending to this light Jigsaw Jones Mystery book.  Young readers will enjoy following the clues and trying to figure out who wrote the mysterious message and whether or not they were from outer space.  The illustrations are fun and frequent, and out of this world.    
EL-ADVISABLE.  Samantha Hastings, MA, MLS. 

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