Author Michele Torrey

Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey, Science Detectives. They’re in business together. Serious business. No case is too difficult for Doyle and Fossey, the best science detectives in the fifth grade. Is your pet pig trapped in a deep, dark well? Call Doyle and Fossey. Is a chilly ghost wrecking your tree-house sleepovers? You know the drill. Stop wasting time and pick up that phone. The four mysterious cases in this book are followed by related activities or experiments you can try at home. Button up your lab coat, scribble a secret code, and you’re ready to go!

"The Encyclopedia Brown-type characters and short and simple episodes will quickly grab readers, even reluctant ones. . . . Teachers may enjoy using this book to illustrate a science lesson." -- School Library Journal

"[Children] will understand that in order to solve a mystery one needs to start with the problem, make observations and gather information, carry out tests, check and recheck the results, and then form a hypothesis based on the work done. . . . All books in the series are excellent!" -- Children's Literature

"Young readers will enjoy the fast-paced plot and the friendship between the two science detectives." -- The Standard Times

A Junior Library Guild Selection