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List Of Fictional Detectives For Younger Readers
This list consists of fictional Detective fiction, investigators written specifically for younger readers: See also *List of fictional detectives found in child and young adult novels at the websit''Bookworm for Kids'' {{Fictional espionage navbox Lists of fictional detectives, Young adults Children's mystery novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot. Juvenile stories featuring The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Boxcar Children have also remained in print for several decades. History Ancient Some scholars, such as R. H. Pfeiffer, have suggested that certain ancient and religious texts bear similarities to what would later be called detective fiction. In the Old Testament story of Susanna and the Elders (the Protestant Bible locates this story within the apocrypha), the account told by two witnesses broke down when Daniel cross-examines the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia Brown
''Encyclopedia Brown'' is a series of books featuring the adventures of boy detective Leroy Brown, nicknamed "Encyclopedia" for his intelligence and range of knowledge. The series of 29 children's novels was written (one co-written) by Donald J. Sobol, with the first book published in 1963 and the last published posthumously in 2012. In addition to the main books, the ''Encyclopedia Brown'' series has spawned a comic strip, a TV series, and compilation books of puzzles and games. Sobol's first ''Encyclopedia Brown'' book was written in two weeks; subsequent books took about six months to write. Its main publisher was Bantam Skylark. Style Each book in the ''Encyclopedia Brown'' mystery series is self-contained in that the reader is not required to have read earlier books in order to understand the stories. The major characters, settings, etc. are usually introduced (or reintroduced) in each book. Books featuring Brown are subdivided into a number—usually ten or more—of ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Light Of The Study Lamp
''By the Light of the Study Lamp'' is the first book in The Dana Girls detective series, originally produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. It was issued in 1934, as part of a three-volume release in order to test the market for the series. Characters *Louise Dana – a seventeen-year-old brunette, the elder and more serious of the sisters *Jean Dana – Louise's younger sister, a blonde, the more light-hearted of the sisters *Captain Ned Dana (Uncle Ned) – the girls' uncle and guardian, a sea captain *Harriet Dana (Aunt Harriet) – the girls' spinster aunt *Cora Appel – the Dana family's clumsy live-in maid; teasingly called "Applecore" *Ben Harrow – the Dana family's hired man *Franklin Starr – mysterious, itinerant scion of the déclassée Starr family *Evelyn Starr – Franklin's younger sister; her family once owned the mansion that is now Starhurst School for Girls *Mrs. Crandall – the Starhurst School's headmistress *Mr. Crandall – an absent-minded teacher at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Adams
Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (December 12, 1892 – March 27, 1982) was an American juvenile book packager, children's novelist, and publisher who was responsible for some 200 books over her literary career. She wrote the plot outlines for many books in the Nancy Drew series, using characters invented by her father, Edward Stratemeyer. Adams also oversaw other ghostwriters who wrote for these and many other series as a part of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, and rewrote many of the novels to update them starting in the late 1950s. Stratemeyer Syndicate With her sister, Edna, Adams took over control of the Stratemeyer Syndicate after her father Edward Stratemeyer's death in 1930. Edna ran the daily business operations, while Adams dealt with publishers and wrote; Edna became inactive when she married in 1942, and Adams took over the business. Adams is credited with keeping the Syndicate afloat through the Great Depression, and with revising the two most popular series, Nancy Drew and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dana Girls
The Dana Girls was a series of young adult mystery novels produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The title heroines, Jean and Louise Dana, are teenage sisters and amateur detectives who solve mysteries while at boarding school. The series was created in 1934 in an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of both the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories and the Hardy Boys series, but was less successful than either. The series was written by a number of ghostwriters and, despite going out-of-print twice, lasted from 1934 to 1979; the books have also been translated into a number of other languages. While subject to less critical attention than either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys, a number of critics have written about the series, most arguing that the Dana Girls' relative lack of success was due to the more dated nature of the series. Characters The series' principal characters are Louise and Jean Dana, teenage orphans who solve mysteries while attending the fictional Starhurst School for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Roy
Ron Roy (born April 29, 1940) is an American writer of children's fiction, primarily mysteries for young readers. He is best known for the series ''A to Z Mysteries'' (from 1997), '' Capital Mysteries'' (from 2001), and ''Calendar Mysteries'' (from 2009). Roy was born in Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ..., grew up in East Hartford, and has lived in Connecticut most of his life. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Connecticut and his master's degree in early childhood education from the University of Hartford. He taught fourth grade for ten years until he sold his first book in 1978 and became a full-time writer. His first several books were unpaged picture books. Selected works A to Z Mysteries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Mysteries
''Capital Mysteries'' is a series of mystery novels for young readers written by Ron Roy. It was inaugurated in 2001 with ''Who Cloned the President?'', illustrated by Liza Woodruff and published by Golden Books. Beginning with the third volume in 2003 it was illustrated by Timothy Bush and published by Random House. The books follow the adventures of child detectives KC Corcoran and Marshall Li, who are best friends and spend much of their time solving mysteries around the monuments of Washington D.C. KC's mother marries the fictional President Zachary Thornton in volume 4 so that KC becomes the "First Daughter" from volume 5 onward. The marriage gives both junior detectives access to the White House and other monuments when solving cases. Books Random House acquired the book publishing rights of Golden Books Family Entertainment in a deal agreed on August 15, 2001.Kirkpatrick, David D. (August 16, 2001)"2 Companies Pay $84 Million for Golden Books" ''The New York T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Karbo
Karen Karbo is an American novelist, non-fiction writer and journalist.Freeman, Judith''Los Angeles Times'', June 21, 1991. Retrieved January 18, 2021.Burroway, Janet''The New York Times'', November 2, 2003. Retrieved January 19, 2021.Baker, Jeff''The Oregonian'', December 24, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2021. Karbo's three comic novels, ''Trespassers Welcome Here'' (1990),Brockman, Elin Schoen''The New York Times'', May 21, 1989, Sect. 7, p. 11. Retrieved January 18, 2021. ''The Diamond Lane'' (1993),Ward, Robert''The New York Times'', May 19, 1991, Sect. 7, p. 9. Retrieved January 18, 2021. and ''Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me'' (2001),Hodgman, Ann''The New York Times'', June 18, 2000, Sect. 7, p. 27. Retrieved January 15, 2021. were each named ''New York Times'' Notable Books. She may be best known for her "Kick Ass Women" series (2007–13)—biographical self-help guidebooks on Katharine HepburnCohen, Paula Marantz"How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great by K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minerva Clark Gets A Clue
''Minerva Clark Gets a Clue'' is the first book in the Minerva Clark series of mystery novels. ''Minerva Clark Gets a Clue'' was written by Karen Karbo and was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in 2005. Plot summary 13-year-old Minerva Clark lives in Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ... and is being raised by her three brothers. She is a typical insecure teenager, but when she is struck by lightning, her personality changes – she becomes outgoing and confident overnight. And when she senses a mystery she cannot resist investigating. Sequels The other books in the series are ''Minerva Clark Goes to the Dogs'' (2006), and ''Minerva Clark Gives Up the Ghost'' (2007). References 2005 American novels Children's mystery novels American ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassin
Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a direct role in matters of the state, may also sometimes be considered an assassination. An assassination may be prompted by political and military motives, or done for financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from a desire to acquire fame or notoriety, or because of a military, security, insurgent or secret police group's command to carry out the assassination. Acts of assassination have been performed since ancient times. A person who carries out an assassination is called an assassin or hitman. Etymology The word ''assassin'' may be derived from '' asasiyyin'' (Arabic: أَسَاسِيِّين, ʾasāsiyyīn) from أَسَاس (ʾasās, "foundation, basis") + ـِيّ (-iyy), meaning "people who are faithful to the foundat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
