MARCH IS FOR MYSTERIES GRADE 7 BOOK TALKS

The westing Game Ellen Raskin This murder mystery takes place at Sunset Towers-an ‘exclusive’ apartment complex where our cast of characters are invited to live Our main character is Turtle Wexler, a young girl who is forced to live in the shadow of her ‘perfect’ sister Angela The characters (all sixteen of them!) are invited to play a game (solve the murder of Samuel Westing) with 200 million dollars up for grabs…who will win? Would you play the Westing Game? Great for fans of Clue (movie and game) and for those who love a good, bumbling mystery!

Strike three You’re dead by josh berk Main characters are best friends Lenny, Mike & Other Mike (seriously) Lenny is an aspiring sports announcer who enters, and wins, a contest (Armchair Announcer) to announce a Philly’s baseball game Unfortunately, before his big debut a player is murdered…and Lenny and his friends (with the help of a few others) are determined to solve the case Perfect for baseball fans (unless you like the Mets) and mystery readers…can you solve the case before Lenny and his friends?

Moxie and the art of rule breaking erin dionne This mystery was inspired by the real mystery of the theft at the Isabella Stuart Gardner museum in Boston, MA on March 18, 1990---13 pieces of priceless art were stolen and are still missing to this day Our protagonist is Moxie who just graduated from 8th grade. The mystery begins to unravel when a mysterious red head shows up at Moxie’s door…demanding to see Joe Burke (Moxie’s grandfather who has Alzheimer’s) Her message? Sully Cupcakes wants his items back…or else… To protect her family, Moxie enters into a dangerous search for the “items”, following clues that lead her all over her beloved city of Boston, complete with travels on the ‘T’, and visits to the museum, state house and even Fenway Park.

Action optical illusions al seckel Book contains powerful optical illusions relating to---brightness, color, and subjective motion Illusions of Relative Motion: illusions that convey motion when there is no motion or your perception of motion will be different Illusions of Brightness and Contrast: your perception of brightness & contrast can depend on a variety of factors Color Illusions: your perception of color can be dramatically influenced by a scene’s context or you may see color where there is none. Afterimages & Aftereffects: produce the perception of glowing images even when there is no image present.